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Alors Regarde (in French) performed by Patrick Bruel from the album Alors Regarde (Purchase from Amazon.com) about a disagreement between two people: one who does not want to get involved (act out) because it's too disturbing, the other who thinks that's it's his responsability to speak out and act out against injustices:
"Tu dis qu'c'est pas mon rôle de parler de tout ca Qu'avant d'prendre la parole il faut aller là-bas Tu dis qu'c'est trop facile, tu dis qu'ça sert à rien Mais c't'encore plus facile de ne parler de rien"
"Here's to you here's to me while we stand on our feet, As flags wave above our desires We are me, we are you with the power of two A banner to set hope on fire. Here's to earth and to peace, faith in humanity 'Neath the light of the flag of the sun."
"I'm a big Italian woman and I want the world to see All the big Italian women who look just like me You take your fancy models and your 5th Avenue clothes But you'll never find a beauty like a Big Italian Rose."
"You've got to be taught, before it's too late Before you are six, or seven or eight To hate all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught, You've got to be carefully taught."
"He and she two different people With two seperate lives Then you put the two together And get a spectacular surprise 'Cause one can teach the other one What she doesn't know While still the other fills a place inside He never knew had room to grow"
"Don't laugh at me. I am short. I am tall. Aren't we all..."
"Isn't there something else this country could discuss? Like, what do you think of the NRA? Or the price of medical care in this country today? Where is our cure for cancer and AIDS? Girls try so hard to be fit in that they make themselves puke to be thin and then three years later, they get false tits sewn on"
"It takes every kinda people To make the world go round"
"There is a blue one who can't accept the green one For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one And different strokes for different folks And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee Oh sha sha - we got to live together I am no better and neither are you We are the same whatever we do"
"Before I am black, Before I am young, Before I am short, Before I am woman, Before I am African, I am human."
"You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies you may trod me down in the very dirt and still like the dust I'll rise"
"Its easy to forget When you dont hear the sound Of pain and prejudice Love makes the world go'round"
"I'm looking at the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways, No message could have been any clearer If you want to make the world a better place You've got to look at yourself and make the change."
"On saura jamais c'qu'on a vraiment dans nos ventres Caché derrière nos apparences L'âme d'un brave ou d'un complice ou d'un bourreau? Ou le pire ou plus beau? Serions-nous de ceux qui résistent ou bien les moutons d'un troupeau S'il fallait plus que des mots?"
"All people rich and poor Those who do and do not know Take the hand of one close by Of those who know because they try And watch the walls come tumbling down"
"I can't understand What makes a man Hate another man Help me understand People are people So why should it be You and I should get along so awfully"
"Qu'est-ce que vous croyez C'est partout pareil Nos yeux, nos oreilles Vaut mieux les fermer Ici tout est dur On aime les serrures Pas les étrangers"
"Early morning April 4 A shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last They took your life But they could not take your pride"
"You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip, Skip out for beer during commercials, Because the revolution will not be televised."
"Homeless sleep on city streets, waiting to die with nothing to eat While rich politicians soak their feet in the pool at their ten million buck retreat People hate people for color of face Noone had a choice in the race we were placed A brother in Queens was beaten and chased Murdered cold in the street, a damn disgrace"
There's Only One performed by Graham Nash from the album Songs for Beginners (Purchase from Amazon.com) about what all people have in common
We Shall Be Free performed by Garth Brooks from the album Chase (Purchase from Amazon.com) about the struggle against oppression of people of color and poor people as the struggle toward true freedom for everyone:
"When the last child cries for a crust of bread When the last man dies for just words that he said When there's shelter over the poorest head We shall be free"
"None of us is born the same We don't know why, it's the way we came Ev'ry heart beats a little differently Each soul is free to find its way Like a river that winds its way to the sea."
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