Attention students and teachers from Manorvale Primary School!

Here is the video to watch your version of the song We are different! Please practice as much as possible and we shall see you all on October 28th at 9am!

Also here is a cool video of women performing the 10 Step Sasa but really fast! Imagine how much practice you need to be this fast. Wow!

Attention students and teachers from Wyndham Park Primary!

LYRICS FOR STAND UP!

Chorus with choreography

You have the wisdom to name it, racial discrimination

You have the strength to step in, bystander intervention

You have the power to speak up, pull out your LIDS yeah

Stand up stand up for your sisters and brothers! X 2

 

Verse 1

Hey mate, churr bro, shu cuz, sup bro

Join in, feel welcome let’s go let’s go

Doesn’t matter where you come from

Be my friend, we can all get along ya know ya know!

Chorus with gestures

 

Verse 2

We can be different so don’t feel strange

Let’s work together, share our different ways

I scream, you scream we all scream ‘community’

You scream, I scream we all scream out ‘unity’

U-U-unity x 2

You scream, I scream we all scream out ‘unity’

 

Chorus with gestures

 

 Bridge with choreography

Everyone come together (oh yeah!)

Can you feel the cultures flow (over here?)

Don’t forget about the beat box (pff pff)

We wanna make peace through hip-hop

Don’t judge me I won’t judge you

Join the crew with a positive attitude

How about you? (right there right there!)

How about you? (right there!)

 

Chorus with choreography

You have the wisdom to name it, racial discrimination

You have the strength to step in, bystander intervention

You have the power to speak up, pull out your LIDS yeah

Stand up stand up for your sisters and brothers! X 4

LYRICS FOR WE ARE DIFFERENT

Chorus: We are different but the same

Will we make a difference, create change?

We are different but the same

We can make a difference BELIEVE IT! Create change x 3

 

Verse 1 You might wear a hijab

You might eat paella

You might know the haka or wear a lava-lava

You may know a desert or a river in the forest

All my people in the hood

Let’s now take it to the chorus

Chorus

Verse 2 What do you believe in?

We believe in harmony Allah peace and love, Allah peace and love

Tell me what’s your mother tongue is it English, Spanish, Thai, Karen or Vietnamese?

Please believe me, please believe this is who we are, this is who we really are

This is who we are, this is who we really are

Chorus

Bridge:

We’re all the same under the sun

We all feel pain laughter and joy

We’re all the same under the stars

Some maybe tall some maybe small  x2

Taaaaaaaa La x 4

Ta la la la x 2

Call out! Sisters and Brothers speak with your hands (clap slap slap)

Sisters and Brothers speak from the heart (heart tap, click)

We make a choice, we are the start

We are the voice what is your part? (hold pose 3 seconds)

 

BRIGHTER FUTURE (L.I..D.S RAP)

This is the beat we are using for the Brighter Future track that we have collaborated on. It is produced by one of the MASSIVE hip-hop choir members Tenicee.

BRIGHTER FUTURE by Sisters and Brothers

Intro:

RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT EACHOTHER DO IT NOW

(STOMP CLAP) X 2

Chorus:

We all can, help make a difference

Stand up against racial discrimination

We all can start a contribution

Sisters and Brothers are here to lift your spirits

We all can yes well can together forever

For a brighter future

We call yes we all can

L.I.D.S rap

1 2 1 2 STOP racial discrimination

We want to take the temperature of the situation:

L stands for lookout buddy with a friend

Together a message loud and clear we send

I interrupt seize the moment break the ice

Show there’s a new way, I wanna say

how I feel, I disagree with a capital D (body percussion starts)

Ok Who’s with me?

Well let’s build! X4 (body percussion ends)

a place of love and support for the target

with an S don’t be silent be a part of it!

(L.I.D.S DANCE)

L.I. D. S keep your LIDS open reach into your pocket for this handy slogan L.I.D.S keep your LIDS open reach into your pocket for this handy slogan

L. I. D.S sisters and brothers keep your LIDS open!

Outro:

We all can yes well can together forever

For a brighter future x 4

(HOLD HANDS TOGETHER AND FREEZE!)