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- STRONG SONGS ​ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES -
During this time of uncertainty and unrest due to COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement, this page will be sharing songs to learn and sing at home. These songs and their lyrics carry strong, powerful and important messages. SING YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEARTS OUT KIDS.
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Before you start learning and singing the songs below, don't forget to warm up your voice.
​Click on WARM UP (above) for some ideas, suggestions and activities to sing along with.

SONG 1 - POWER IN ME

by Rebecca Lawrence
Power in Me (lyrics)
File Size: 618 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Vocal Track
Backing Track
Sign Language

SONG 2 - SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG

by Labi Siffre
Something Inside So Strong (lyrics)
File Size: 604 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

This song was written by Labi Siffre as a reaction to an incident in South Africa in 1985. It became adopted as an anti-Apartheid anthem with a strong message to encourage people to stand up for their rights. 
Labi Siffre's Original Video (1987)
Miss Rusbatch & Tom Butterworth (2018)
Mega Choir (2017)

SONG 3 - YOU'RE THE VOICE

by John Fanham
You're the Voice (lyrics)
File Size: 517 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Vocal ​
​Track
Backing ​
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Miss Rusbatch singing in London
​with SAMBAOKE

SONG 4 - A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

by Sam Cooke
A Change is Gonna Come (lyrics)
File Size: 388 kb
File Type: pdf
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Vocal Track
Backing Track

SONG 5 - THERE'S A POWER IN THE MUSIC

by Lin Marsh
There's a Power in the Music (lyrics)
File Size: 523 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Vocal Track
Backing Track
Choir & Signing

SONG 6 - WE SHALL OVERCOME

by Charles Tindley
We Shall Overcome (lyrics)
File Size: 390 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


SONG 7 - ONE MOMENT, ONE PEOPLE

by Beccy Owen
One Moment, One People (lyrics)
File Size: 609 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

DJS Mega Choir 2019
Vocal Track
Backing Track

Here are some suggested books for children (and grown ups) to support conversations on race, racism and resistance.

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