In Search of a Song Volumes 229-230

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SINGERSMichaelJackson, Toni BraxtonTLC, Mariah Carey, justA few singers of the worldSinging out their voices to the worldSongs for childrenSongs for peace, for crying and loveFor each otherTLC, trying to tell peopleWe can make a differenceIfthere were no drugsMJ., trying to save the childrenFrom crimes of violenceMariah Carey, building a campTo help children to read and writePeople like them are to be thanked forFor their songs, for their love of childrenFor their fans cheering them onTo bring out more songsTo help the homeless and our children

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MOTHERS

Flowers are for thoughts of loveMothers are here today and everydaySons will always love their mothersDaughters will always love theirmothersMothers are wonderful as lifeThe more I see of lifeThe more I am awareA true mother is really very rare

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A DAY AT THE BALLPARKKevin caught a foul ballItwas a beautiful daySomeone spilled soda down Kevin's shirtMy brother and his friends played baseball'My brother got food poisoning from a hot dogKevin threatened to sue the manWhile my brother was playing baseballThe radio man said, "The YankeesWon the World Series."My brother's favoritesKevin missed Ricardo's home-runWhen he went to the men's roomThe Yankees won the championship

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DOGSProtect their mastersObey their owner's without failProtect their homesWhen masters callDogs will sit and stayWhere they are putUntil told to moveDogs are trustworthyOnly necessity requires ---Dogs will give up their lives

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A CLASSROOMA classroom is a placeYou can learn many thingsThe cold wind outsideBreathing the airBirds sitting on brick wallsSun reflected on desks and floorsWhen the classroom is coldHeat rises from radiatorsTeachers talk to studentsTeachers write on blackboardsThere are florescent lightsDesks, notebooks,Notes on the boardPens in hands, arms on desksA classroom is where you learnMore things inside than out

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In math classI like to sit next to the windowAnd look at ManhattanEverydaywhen I sit in this spaceI am the only one finished with the do-nowEverybody else is either talkingOr not doing anythingI think the space I sit in is luckyBecause when the teacher gives a quizI sometimes get a 65 or 70Sometimes when I reach classSomebody's in my seatI don't want to make troubleSo I just go to another seatThis space gives me bad luckI want my seat back very badly

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But then I say to myselfIt is not the space giving me luckI t is what I do in class:The work and the testsAlthough a space can give youA view of things and you can seeAll around you and more

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WINTERAfter the fallThe season of snowIt gets cold outsideBut warm insideOur house and apartmentsGood for people who have heatBut the homeless don't have namesOr heat to warm themselvesPeople don't care about themOnly the people workingTo help the homeless get foodPeople should careWhen winter comesThere will be coldNo warm food, no home, no coatsfor them, this winterthe homeless should haveall these things

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LOVE

A devotion to a personAppreciation for a personThe opposite sexA sweetheartA loverCupid, as the god of loveForever for pleasureWithout paymentWith loving regard for each otherNo love is lost between loversWho feels the emotion of love

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BROTHERSLittle brothers look up to big brothersThey are special in many waysWhen they draw comic book charactersAnd wri te essaysSome brothers will do drugs for moneyAnd tell their little brothers to do them tooMy brother would never do drugsBrothers are like fathersBut some of them, take drugsAnd that is badBrothers are to look out for each otherAnd help each other in every way

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RACISMWhy is there racism?Why can't people from different countriesHave peace everydayIt is the same thingSomebody is killed by a Spanish guyor a black kills awhi teJust because of hatredThis is the 90'sIt's time to stop the racismWe have to make peaceFor the rest of our livesWe will have each other.No matter what colorWeareOr language we speakWe must make peaceStarting today and everydayFor the rest of our lives

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MY SECRET PLACE

I laugh, I cryTell the truth and never lieWhen I need somewhere to escapeI find refuge in my secret place

Whether I'm. happy or sadTimes are good or badand I can't find a caring faceI find refuge in my secret 'placeMy troubles have all ceasedI have everlasting peaceThere 1s a a smile on my faceI've found refuge in my secret place

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MY FRIENDYou're my friendYou're my buddyYou're my partner in crimeYou're my cheerleaderYou're my confidantYou're a shoulder when I need

one to cry onA tissue when I blow my noseYou're a hug when I need oneYou're a soft squeeze of my hand

letting me know everything's all rightAnd even though sometimes we may fight

things always work outBecause you're my friend and there's

no one who can replace you

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THE CLASSROOMAs I walk down the hall

"Withthe loud clicking of my shoesI enter a roomfull of faces that are new

My palms get sweatyand my heart races fastI say, "Hello," to the teacherand make it to my seat at lastAs I look around the roomI can do nothing but laughBecause after allmy first day wasn't so bad

It's first period andit's been a beautiful start of the dayI'm strong -- I'm confidentI can face anything thrown my wayI take out my thingsready to begin whenI feel a soft nudge

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"Excuse me, do you have a pen?"I don't have an extra one

so I softly say, "No"And as I turn around, the bell rings

it's time to goBut I'll be back tomorrow

most definitely without a doubtBecause coming into this class

is one of the things I need to get out


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SILENT PRAYERNow I lay me down to sleepis the way allmy prayers beginI pray the Lord my soul to keep

is to help me overcome my sinsIfI should die before I wake

drowned in my tears of sorrowI pray the Lord my soul to takeyet still I long for tomorrowIf I should see another day

and time continues onI pray the Lord to guide my ways

hence comes the tune of a new song

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FALLING OUT OF LOVEFalling out oflove

what a terrible thing to sayTo give up a lot and

to still end up this wayFunny how things happen

not quite how we want them to beYet teaching some sort of lessonto help us seeNever to make mistakes

that were once made in the pastSo at least one thing we do

will surely lastNow it hurts when I remember

all the special times we hadThe good and happy times

when all we did was laughI don't know what it is

all I know is things changeI also know now

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that things seldom remain the sameI'm so confused

and I don't know what to doI'm falling out oflove

falling out oflove with you

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RAIN

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Rain,it's such a simple thingEvery drop, a different stop

but they all come from the sameGod is a cloud

and we are the rainThat's why though we are different

we are one and the sameIn life we always focus

on issues of black and whiteBut it shouldn't make a difference

we are all judged the same in God's eyesMaybe we rebel

because of the struggles we've been throughMaybe we're confused

and don't know what to doWho knows, back then

what was going through your mindsMaybe you've changedand see us through different eyesBut who really knows

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how this problem got its startMaybe when Adam and Eve ate that appleit really broke God's heart

But I am forgivingthere's no reason for me to hateFor I know we're both destined for different fates

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A THING CALLED LOVEThrough thick, thinin sickness and in healthTo never fall in love

is what I once promised myselfBut that too

turned out to he a promise I couldn't keepBecause I think I'm in loveand I'm in pretty deepThis guy, you see

I think of him all the timeNo matter what I do

he's always on my mindI'm young and I knowyou don't fall in love over nightThat's why I thought

if I took my time everything would be all righ tBut like they say

time moves quick when you're having funAnd now it's got me thinkingcould he really be the oneHe says he wants to be with me

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and I want to be with him tooT ell me, is being in love

supposed to make you act the fool?Is it supposed to make you say thingsyou normally wouldn't say?Make you want to pick flowers

and wear a goofy smile on your face?Now we're always on the phone

for hours we talkWe're always going somewherefor a drive or just for a walkSickening, yes, I know

that's exactly how it soundsBut I've got to tell someone

of the love I think I've foundA match made in heaven

sent from aboveHow beautiful this thing

the old folks call "love!"

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YOUR DISGRACETake two more stepsand you're almost thereYour name is called

and you're overcome with fear"Whae s he gonna say?

What's gonna happen next?"Then suddenly you're all alone

there's no one leftYou're by yourself

there's no one to turn toNow you're begging for forgiveness

because that's all you can doBut what you've done

no one can forgiveThere's absolutely no reasonwhy you should live

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You've disgraced your familyyour friends and your peers

Your punishment should lastfor years and yearsI can tell you're no good

from the respect you lackYour life's gone down the drain

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IN JUDGEMENT OF MEBefore you judge me, take my eyessee what I've seenThe places and faces

I've seen through the yearsBefore you judge me, take my feet

walk where I've walkedGo to the places where no onebut I dared to go

Walk down the road I've travelledBefore you judge me, take my hands

do what I've doneFixwhat I've fixedDry away the tears wept by my loved onesBefore you judge meBecome me, live me, experience meThen and only thencan I be sure of being judged justly

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UNCONDITIONALLYDo you know I love you, unconditionally?Do you know Itrust you, unconditionally?Do you know there's nothing you can say

or do can make me not love you,unconditionally?

Do you know Iaccept you for who you are,uncondi tionally?Do you know Icare

no matter what the situation,unconditionally?

Do you know I'llalways be there for youeven when you've turned away from me,

unconditionally?Yes, I'll be there if you need meRight there in the shadows

if you need a friendWhy?Because that's loving, unconditionally

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