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RochelWong
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Rochel
Wong
A Waterways ProjectPublication
Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors
Thomas Perryadministrative assistant
James Pattonteacher
Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach
Coran James, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a,
Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs
1996 Ten Penny Players
with funding support fromthe NY State Council on the Arts
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INCARCERATION
Wishing on a star
Trying to find out where you areHoping that you could be here with me'Cause I know they're tryingTo kill you not so softly
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FEELINGS
Feeling are somethingI have for youEmotional, I getWhen thinking of youFeelings are somethingI'd like to share
My loving and kindnessAll through the years
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THINKING OF YOU
Thinking of youMakes me sad and blueWonderingIf you could come to me withThe truth
MY CHILD
The child I have isTo love and cherish for lifeAnd hopeMy baby's fatherWill never disappear
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LOVE
Love is a feelingEveryone sharesLove is a feeling.Makes you lose your hairHoping and dreamingLove comes your waySad and angryThinking of it everyday
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~STRESSED OUT
If you're feeling down and outLikeYour life is gonna come to an endPick up the phone .
Call a true friend
LIFE
Life is precious
Precious as can beI loveTo fantasize and admire
All the things I want to do and be
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MY MOTHER
A mother is someone dear and sweetAlways there to keep you on your feetSomeone to turn toWhen down and feeling badShe'll never leave youFeeling sad
COLOR BLACK
Black is beautySomething black is kindNever dirty and worthlessAs white can be
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EDUCATION
Education is the key to successEducation is the key to making progress
Education brings out the future
With education you can never be a loser
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ShawnWills
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ShawnWills
A Waterways ProjectPublication
Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors
Thomas Perryadministrative assistant
James Pattonteacher
Bedford Stuyvesant OutreachCoranJames, director
Frank Murray, principal i.a.
Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs
1996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from
the NY State Council on the Arts
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SENSES
I hear talkingI touch paperI smell dustI taste toothpasteI feel alone
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MY ROOM
I hear everything from my roomFrom TV to music playingEverything in my room is untouchableTo other peopleEverything is breakableI see a lot of things from my windowThe room is lit up with smokeAs are the pictures on my wail
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BEN
Ben ran out the houseBen slammed the doorBen fell down five flights of stairsBen hurtBen cried
SALLY and SINDY
Sally met SindyThey went to the store togetherSally stole something and didn't tell SindyThey both went to jailSindy cried
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MY BROTHER
,My brother means
. More to me than moneySometimes I may smack himPunch himEven scream on himBut I also give him love when needed
And treat him with respectWe love to go to friends' houses together
WHO AM I?
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Who amI?A black maleTrying to do something with his lifeAttend school everydayLook for a job at night
Trying to stay out of troubleWho am I?
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FEELING DOWN
I feel sick, I feelDown, there's no playingAround. I stay in bed toRest my head. AmI dead?
ME and MY MOTHER
Me and my mother are close
Like a man leaning on a postWe walk down the street likeLovers, little do they know that'sMy motherOne happy family for lifeI hope we see each other inAnother life
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MY FATHER
I want to be like my fatherA man you wouldn't botherHe handled his business likeAnimals do towards their childrenI t takes a father
To be a father andThat's a father
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LOVE
What is love?Is it a sense or emotion?Is it something you think it isn't?Good or badWhat kind of love do you have?
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MoneeWilliarn.s
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MoneeWilliams
A Waterways ProjectPublication
Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors
Thomas Perryadministrative assistant
James Pattonteacher
Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach
Coran James, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.
Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs
I996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from
the NY State Council on the Arts
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CLASSROOM
as I walked into the classroomI can hear radiator pipesfeel the wind form the windowscoming into the roomthe students are enjoying
the clean air they're breathingfeeling happy and contentI can see many different facesstaring at the four walls
as if they were going to fall in
as I sit in this room1'm feeling more and more tired andready to go asleep
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GRANDMA
you were always there for mebad or goodwhen I say I love yathat's just not good enoughyou're worth so muchI can't describe
but when I say I love yait's not a lie
MY LIFE
my life is not a bowl of applesit's more like a bowl of grapesgetting sour everydaywith no sense of directioncoming my wayI feel like a stray catthis is not my day
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PEOPLE
why are people just alikejust sitting here without a sightnothing to donothing to sayjust sitting here like everyday
BABIES
babies are kindbabies are sweetbut when they cryit's not completethey must want to eat
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FAMJLY
family is a group of peoplewith the same bloodwho have different feelingsabout different things
FATIIERS
do they stay around to see you grow?do they stay around to hear you cry orwatch the tears fall from your eyes?some stay to wipe your tearsbut some just disappear
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SCHOOL
school is cool
you're not a foolbut to drop out what does that make you?a fool
you're not cool
FRIENDS
friends are there
through truck and thinfriends are therewhen there's time to shareyou know who's your friend
you know who's not
but I'm your friendwithout a doubt
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MOTHER
mother so kindgentle and mineI love you so muchI could die
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KarasheenVann
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VannRichard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors
Thomas Perryadministrative assistant
James Pattonteacher
Bedford Stuyvesant OutreachCoranJames, director
Frank Murray, principal i.a.
Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs
I996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from
the NY State Council on the Arts
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GOD
God is great and God is goodGod is the One Who createdyou and me it's becauseof Him that we can see
and that we both can hearHe is the reason we are here
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PUT DOWN THE GUN
put down the guneach and every daysomeone getting doneit's time for violence
to end don'tlet another life cometo an end lifeis short but withguns it just makes
it much shorter
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ROSE ARE RED, etc.
roses are red arid violetsare blue Jesus lovesyou and his love istrue he died for youyou and I with
Jesus you will neverhave to be downand when you needa friend he will be therehe will be around
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SUMMER
this is the season whenit is hot when the
number of degrees sometimesgoes pass 93 summer is theseason when you feel free
if you can conceive and believethis is the season when you
can always achieve your dreams
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THE LAND
there is so much confusionin the land the landis sick andneeds healing people aregoing crazy they aredoing anything it
takes for them to havethe upper hand theland is sick and needshealing there are peoplerobbing, killing, and doinganything just to have an
advantage the land issick and it needshealing people can't choosethe right way to livethe land is sickand it needs healingit's about time thatthe land becomes healed
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WHY?
why does a baby have to cry?why do people spread lies?why does the flesh have to die?why does the sun have to shineand why does it set?
and when it rainswhy must we all get wet?why must the wind blowand why do people fretwhen it snows? wellI guess they're the only one who knows
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LIFE
life sometimes ishard there areups and there are downsthere're rights andthere're wrongs butremember to alwaysstay strong you c a nprevail and you mayfail but you have
a chance to prevail
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BORN AGAIN
being born again islike having another lifeso that's whyI give thanks to
the man up inthe sky the oldpasses awayand the newlives allthe days and nightsit's all because ofJesus Christ youare no longer blind
you have sightand you feel highas a kite
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you feel that thingswill be all right andthat's why I thankthe light for bringingme through the daysand the nights now
I can say Inow have sight
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SCHOOL
a place where you go to learna place where you feel safeschool is a place where you goto achieve and if you believe you
can always conceive school isa place you go to excel sometime you may failbut you alwaysgiveit your best school is a place
you will strive for successbecause you want to bea step ahead of the rest
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LOVE I
when you feel emotionswhen your love for them willbe as deep as an oceanwhen your relationship
will be as smooth as a lotion
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NathanielThompson
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NathanielThompson
AWaterways ProjectPublication
Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors
Thomas Perryadministrative assistant
James Pattonteacher
Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach
CoranJames, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.
Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs
I996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from
the NY State Council on the Arts
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PAIN
What is pain?Why does pain hurt?Is it in the mind?Why can't everything--
tickle?
WHY IS THE ROOMSPINNING SO FAST?
Why is the room spinning so fast?I t feels like I'm rolling in the grassIs it cause my stomach's emptyOr is it 'cause I was around people smokin'?Is that why the room is spinning?
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THE MAN
Well I'm the "man",Rappin' on the streets of BrooklynGot my pockets fulla moneyAnd I'm fee1in' kinda buzzedWith a chick in my '96
It's time ta rideYou think ya lucky?Yo, who I be?I be, the "man"
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MONEY
Why does money makeThe world go round?Is it 'cause people love money'Cause they need it or thinkThey need it or 'cause they thinkMoney will buy them happiness?
IF I WERE MUSIC
If I were music
I'd be rapI'm so real you'd feel itI'd never say the same thing twiceWhen you hear meYou would close your eyes and bopAnd thinkThat kid has skillz
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STARE
Why do people stare?Is it the way I appearOr is there something wrong?If something is wrong?I'm goingSo don't stareYou're makin' me nervous
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THEY SAY
"WORDS DON'T HURT"
Sometimes their words hurtSmashing my confidencePain like I have knowWhere to go in the rain
If words don't hurtIt wouldn't rain
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TEARS
Some people cryAnd don't know why
, They cry when it's timeTo say good-byeSometimes
I don't know why
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THE PATH TO LIFE
Life isn't easyI don't care who believes meI'm going to close my eyesPray for my problemsWatch them disappear
Sure this is a problem butIt's divisible by faith
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CraigTaylor
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Craig
Taylor
AWaterways ProjectPublication
Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors
Thomas Perryadministrative assistant
James Pattonteacher
Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach
CoranJames, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.
Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs
1996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from
the NY State Council on the Arts
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LOVE
love is nicelove is sweetlove is wantinglove is wild .
love is totally awesome
love is nicelove is sweetlove is when the heart goes wildlove is breezes on hot summer days
love is a winter's chill
love is nicelove is sweetlove makes you do crazy things
love is like a flower in the gardenlove is like happinessyou: feeling winning at football
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FREEDOM
free to go where you want to gofree to speak your mindfree to ride a busfree to ride the train you wantfree to go to any school you'd likefree to do anything in lifeyou know you're able to do
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MY LOVER
my lover's eyes are like starsher lips are soft and tenderlike fresh fruits from the treemy lover's body is softlike cotton and smooth as silk
A WORK POEM
got to work todaywork for the first timenervouswanting to do wellgoing to do wellthinking about doing wellgoing to give it my best
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PRETIY
I like to see my pretty girlrunning in the rainI like to see her black hairblowing in the windI like to look at her night and day
my girl is so sexy and sweetpretty girl
LOVING YOU
loving you is all I seem to doeveryday it's you I think aboutwhen I go to bed it's youI'm thinking aboutyou're the only one I needyou're the only one I love
you're only one I'll be withthat's what loving you isall about, baby
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LOVE
love is nice, love is sweetlove makes the heart go wild
love's totally awesome
love makes my body tremble
love is on mymind all the timelove is great, love is nice
when you care about someonelove is when that someonecares about you too
love is nice, love is sweetloves makes the heart go wildlove is totally awesomeloves makes me feel so good
you're the only one, baby
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GIRLS
I love girlsGirls who have love andunders tandingtreat me with respect and lovecherish our relationship
treat me as a man should be treatedsomeone to take me placesromantic placeslike she is the bee on my blossomlet me feel like my magnificent beauty
capturesher magnificent heartand be the love of her life
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RAIN
the beauty of the rain
I like to watch it hit the window panewhile I play my radio
until it is gone and comes back againthe beauty of the rain
I like it when it rains
ANOTHER DAY
another day, another time of the day
another day, another chanceto get up and play
another day, another time of the day
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