ORCA K-8 Zimmerman
School Rep
Tracey Appleyard
Make a Change
Inspired by
Crow Boy
by Taro Yashima
STYLE Residency
May – June 2019
Classroom Practice Audio Tracks
In-Class Chorus Recording
Full Instrumental
Chorus Loop
Verse Loop
Verses
Group 1: Cassie, Sanne, Cara, Asher, Parker, Dana, Tamar
Shut up, and listen to me
I’ve got a voice and you need to see
Make sure it’s heard, you need to hear
The world will hear me loud and clear
No need to worry
We’ve got your back
With friends and family
You’ll never lack
Group 2: Cas, Melvin, Jabriel, Alex, Ridley, Skyler
It doesn’t make sense
And I don’t know why
They tell me shut up
I’d like to see them try
I just want you to listen to me
Make a funny face and I’ll make you a meme
Group 3: Nahom, Ava, Owen, Mame Diarra, Dexter, Kayla, Serenity
Sometimes haters gon hate
Let them do their job
That wont change my fate
I cannot be stopped
We will not be slaves
That day is dead and gone
We are not afraid
We goin to write there wrongs
Group 4: Bobby, Ellis, Lee, Manuel, Saniyah,
Why keep talking
When we can yell
Stop interrupting
Lets bring the hell
When someone tells me something
I can say no
My deep voice
Rises from the below
Chorus
I can use my voice to fight for freedom
I can use my voice to liberate
Cant control my voice or silence my opinion
Gonna use my voice gonna make a change
Songwriting Tips
About the Book
Crow Boy
By Taro Yashima
A shy Japanese boy having difficulty adjusting to school is misjudged by his classmates.
Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone — alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a “forlorn little tag-along.” But when Mr. Isobe arrives, the teacher sees things in Chibi that no one else has ever noticed…
“A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity.” — Saturday Review
Caldecott Honor Book.
Meet Your STYLE Teaching Artist
Close Your Eyes
VI:
You can hear the breeze
You can hear a song
That the birds sing
When the morning comes
You can watch the world
spinning round and round
When you find your voice
There’s nothing like that sound
B Sec:
Being who you are
Is what sets you apart
You learn a little more each
When you choose to start
Hook:
Looking with your heart
Feeling with your soul
When you close your eyes
The world around you grows x2
Nate:
I feel the cool breeze
I look up in the sky and I see the leaves growing on the trees
All of the …birds are singing distinctively
I notice everyone of them because I’m listening
I’m noticing…. the wind in my hair
It’s probably because I’m sitting so still
On my derrière
B Sec:
Being who you are
Is what sets you apart
You learn a little more each
When you choose to start
Hook:
Looking with your heart
Feeling with your soul
When you close your eyes
The world around you grows x2
Nate Bogopolsky
Music inspired by books is the best! Let’s do this!
— Nate B.
Check Out What Nate B. Is Listening To
Tiffany Wilson
Let’s write some music together! I can’t wait to see where this program goes.
— Tiffany Wilson
Check Out What Tiffany Is Listening To
Really Love
D’Angelo and the Vangaurd
One
Esperanza Spalding
Fun Music Websites
Incredibox
Button Bass
Hypercube
Chrome Music Lab
Do you know any cool music websites?
Jazz Computer
