Lyrics for July CCV

[Michael Bates]

Identity Crisis by Secret Agent 8:
Rude boy comes to me and says "I dont belong"
I ask him why he's dancing to a unity song!
Questioned his beliefs and now hes piping mad,
I grabbed him by his braces and told him he was sad sad.

Looked at me he did with fear in his eyes,
I told him "loosen up, there's no need for your disguise and,
Make use of those checkered pants
Grab the closest girl, get on that floor and dance dance dance.


Identity Crisis by Three Feet Cats:
Try to find a reason why youre so lost within you
Might want to express the feelings youve locked inside your heart
Burning up overheated with confusion and desperation
Seek your portrait
Dont be anybodys follower live life your way

Realise that you cant live without other people point of view
Realise that you cant live without other peoples admission only theyve got their ideals.


Live Your Life by T.I.
So live your life, ay ay ay.
Instead of chasing that paper. Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Ain't got no time for no haters Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
No telling where it'll take you. Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Cause I'm a paper chaser. Just living my life.

[Michael Bates]

Identity Crisis by Secret Agent 8:
Rude boy comes to me and says "I dont belong"
I ask him why he's dancing to a unity song!
Questioned his beliefs and now hes piping mad,
I grabbed him by his braces and told him he was sad sad.

Looked at me he did with fear in his eyes,
I told him "loosen up, there's no need for your disguise and,
Make use of those checkered pants
Grab the closest girl, get on that floor and dance dance dance.


Identity Crisis by Three Feet Cats:
Try to find a reason why youre so lost within you
Might want to express the feelings youve locked inside your heart
Burning up overheated with confusion and desperation
Seek your portrait
Dont be anybodys follower live life your way

Realise that you cant live without other people point of view
Realise that you cant live without other peoples admission only theyve got their ideals.


Live Your Life by T.I.
So live your life, ay ay ay.
Instead of chasing that paper. Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Ain't got no time for no haters Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
No telling where it'll take you. Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Cause I'm a paper chaser. Just living my life.

These songs all just say be yourself. It's hard for people to receive that if they don't know who they are though. Let me know if I'm on the right track or totally off the ball.

[Rae]

Pink: Stupid Girls

Maybe if I act like that, that guy will call me back
Porno Paparazzi girl, I don't wanna be a stupid girl
Baby if I act like that, flipping my blond hair back
Push up my bra like that, I don't wanna be a stupid girl

(Break it down now)
Disease's growing, it's epidemic
I'm scared that there ain't a cure
The world believes it and I'm going crazy
I cannot take any more
I'm so glad that I'll never fit in
That will never be me
Outcasts and girls with ambition
That's what I wanna see






India Arie: I Am Not My Hair
(Like this song, dont know what to cut out)

Little girl with the press and curl
Age eight I got a Jheri curl
Thirteen and I got a relaxer
I was a source of so much laughter
At fifteen when it all broke off
Eighteen and went all natural
February two thousand and two
I went on and did
What I had to do
Because it was time to change my life
To become the women that I am inside
Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
I looked in the mirror
For the first time and saw that HEY....

[Chorus]
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations no no
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am a soul that lives within

Good hair means curls and waves
Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
Its time for us to redefine who we be
You can shave it off
Like a South African beauty
Or get in on lock
Like Bob Marley
You can rock it straight
Like Oprah Winfrey
If its not what's on your head
Its what's underneath and say HEY....

Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oh
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
I am expressing my creativity..





Gavin DeGraw: I Dont Want To Be
(I really like this whole song so I dont know which verse/part to cut/keep)

I don't need to be anything other
Than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other
Than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other
Than the birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from

[Chorus:]
I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can't be the only one who's learned!

[Chorus]

Can I have everyone's attention please?
If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain
The crust of creation
My whole situation-made from clay to stone
And now I'm telling everybody

[Rae]

I like them all. IDK, cant decide

Identity Crisis by Secret Agent 8:
Rude boy comes to me and says "I dont belong"
I ask him why he's dancing to a unity song!
Questioned his beliefs and now hes piping mad,
I grabbed him by his braces and told him he was sad sad.

Looked at me he did with fear in his eyes,
I told him "loosen up, there's no need for your disguise and,
Make use of those checkered pants
Grab the closest girl, get on that floor and dance dance dance.


Identity Crisis by Three Feet Cats:
Try to find a reason why youre so lost within you
Might want to express the feelings youve locked inside your heart
Burning up overheated with confusion and desperation
Seek your portrait
Dont be anybodys follower live life your way

Realise that you cant live without other people point of view
Realise that you cant live without other peoples admission only theyve got their ideals.


Live Your Life by T.I.
So live your life, ay ay ay.
Instead of chasing that paper. Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Ain't got no time for no haters Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
No telling where it'll take you. Just live your life (Oh!), ay ay ay.
Cause I'm a paper chaser. Just living my life.

[Chris Akinrinade]

"Ordinary People"

[Chorus:]
I'm just ordinary people
Who found extraordinary love
Sometimes it's hard to believe
That God keeps loving me so much

There are so many people I look up to
Used to tell them I wanna be just
Like you
Then God took ordinary me
And gave me a chance
And everyday I gotta thank him for
Where I am

[Chorus]

I looked in the mirror, I saw average
You looked down from heaven, you saw
A gift
Still can't figure out why you
Loved me so but that's what makes
You God
I guess I'll never know `cause

[Chorus]

Listen to me, I can tell you how it goes
God can take a nobody
Who no one knows
Make `em more than you ever could be
Ask me how I know, he did it for me

[Chorus]

[Michael Bates]

I like this song the most. I think if we're inserting this near the 3rd part of the activity, then the 2nd verse is the most relevant. It's talking about all of us having that identity crisis right before/after we all have to answer "What does God say that I am?"

[quote="Rae
Gavin DeGraw: I Dont Want To Be
(I really like this whole song so I dont know which verse/part to cut/keep)

I don't need to be anything other
Than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other
Than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other
Than the birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from

[Chorus:]
I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can't be the only one who's learned!

[Chorus]

Can I have everyone's attention please?
If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain
The crust of creation
My whole situation-made from clay to stone
And now I'm telling everybody[/quote]