In Search of a Song Volume 283

8/7/2019 In Search of a Song Volume 283

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a waterways project publicationco-directors: Barbara Fisher &Richard Spiegelassista nt: Thoma s PerryTex t c omp ilatio n: Ms . L ieiaR iJey

Edited-typeset-printed: JA Brathwaite,Island Academy p rin tin g-g raphic arts teac herProduced in Island Academy p rin tin g-g raphic arts cla ss ...03/97Is la nd Academy principal: Mr. T imo thy F . L isan teCo-edited: L. Riley

S tephen E . Ph illip s: Supe rentenden t,Alternative High Schools &Programs

W ith funding su pport fromThe New York State Council on the ArtsCopyright 1997


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Buddy Winston is a 17~year old student at IslandAcademy Alternative High School. Ifhe enjoysany school activity more than writing poetry, itwould be "pioneering" things in his printing-graphic arts class.


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Strive for ExcellenceI live in a violent environment,A really ruff residence,Where it's hard to strive for excellence ..Those who sell drugs, and are thugsThink it's nonsense to have intelligenceOr have thoughts of becoming President.Is striving for excellence irrelevant?I honestly think not.I'd rather be successfulThan to own a crackspot.Some get shot, and some locked upFor being what they really are not.This madness has got to stop,It must stop right now.Let us start striving for excellenceAnd make our people proud.

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Reach for the Sky (U'! Rap)Until the day I dieI'm going to reach for the sky.Not waste all my time onthe corner getting high.Some think I can't make it,My pride, they try to take it.But it's funny 'cause every classI passed and every test I aced itEver since coming to this school.Here the rules are so strict,With guards that will get ya,Hit ya with so much timeYou'll stumble like ya had liquor.Education is the pictureThat you put in the frameWhich happens to be your brain.And you aim for the top,Not posing with guns, flashy clothes,And gold chains as your props.It's not a fun thing being incarcerated.Never too getting educated.So reach for the top ...Don't procrastinate -- kid!

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I Can Do ItI can do it!What can I do?Whatever it takes to dowhat I can do.Iwill do it until it's done.Doing it won't do me harm,"Cause I know I can do it.So when I am dead and goneTo heaven or to hell,I can say it with assurance:I've been there, did it, and done it,"Cause I always told myself:Ican do it!

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Just LoveLove is a very strong word.Love will make you observean energy to a reaction,hoping something good happens.Love can be very painful,can shame you for lifeas your heart melts away like ice.Love makes you think twice.Should or should you notproceed or maybe stop?Love is hard to explainbut easy to express to someonewhom you think is best.Funny how love can turn to hatewhen a companion wants to separate.Love operates somethingyou always wanted to see,Or what you thought it would be.Love can be a wish that comes true ...like when I met you.

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Be My ValentineTears fall from my eyeswhenever I think of youand all the thingswe have been through.I used to pray so hardevery night and every daythat you would nevertake your love away.As we would awaketo face another day,our bodies rubbing togetherwould make my mindas light as a feather.Whatever it takes,I would do to be with youtor if our good thing endsmy heart would be so blue.My life has definitely changedsince you made me shine.What I am trying to say is:I wish you'll forever be mine.

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Will You Be MineI have a burning desirefor your love.It's just the way you rub andcaress me with that feelingWhenever I feel downand you give me sexual healing,The change it makes in meis indeed truly amazing.So tender is your every touchI get this endless cravingLike a hungry man longing toranother bite of a tasty meal.That is the equivalent of my passionfor you when our wild minds meet.This hold you have on my heart,May it last...until death do us part.

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A LessonLife can be especially hardon a person kind and soft.For him life seems even harderwhen something valuable is lost.In jail, you wonder i f another manis out there messing with your girl.To be incarcerated is a depressionand the hardest lesson in the world.

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To Be With YouJust how do youdo the things you doto make me feel this way?It seems when I'm aloneI'm so very quietBut when I'm with youI have so much to sayabout the present and the future.Forget about the past.If I had never found youMy life could not last,but draft, drift into another worldwith visions of my girl,none other but youSomewhere the sky stays blueand the stars seem white.And as long as we are togethermy life can never bein strife.That's why I love you soand want you to be my wife .


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Hooked On YouMy mind lights up like fireworks,Full with excitementwhenever I see you.If you were a drugI would be a fiend,"cause 1need you so.I'm addicted to your Joveand your torrid passion.Sometimes I see how your actionscan cause a fatal attraction.Never act cold heartedto the one who loves you dearlyyearly and cheerfully,happy with your ways.Giving praise to the Lordfor you being here.Please don't ever leave meOr I'll drown in my own tears.

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The Fisrt TimeWhen I first saw you,it was love at first sightMy life was full of darkness,but to it you brought light.You know how to please me,How to relieve me from stress.That's why no matter whatI wliliove you to the death.My heart beats excitedlywhenever you are nearI know now I can't functioni f you take your love away?For your fing.er I have a ringthat will my love forever sing.

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In Search of a SongVolume 283

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