© Becky Reardon
www.BeckyReardonMusic.com
DON’T GIVE UP
Don’t give up.
Give a little kindness to yourself.
Put a little flex,
Put a little flex in your plan.
Find another way like a river.
Flow, may you never stop flowing.
GVP-songs
DON’T GIVE UP
Part Song by Joanne Hammil
© JHO Music
www.JoanneHammil.com
DON’T GIVE UP
PART ONE
Don’t give up
Have faith
In the people
PART TWO
In the people
I see hope for freedom
PART THREE
Believe
In the people
We are powerful
COME ON OVER TO GVP
Based on the Spiritual “Come on up to Bright Glory” which became the Civil Rights anthem “If You Miss Me From the Back of the Bus”
If you miss me from SINGING down there
and you can’t find me nowhere
Just come on over to GVP I’ll be singing over there!
I’ll be singing over there; I’ll be singing over there
Just come on over to GVP I’ll be singing over there!
If you miss me from DANCING down there
and you can’t find me nowhere
Just come on over to GVP I’ll be singing over there!
We are the girls from GVP, we love to learn, we love to run free:
Yes we come from all around the world, that’s us, sisters, the GVP girls:
This is how we’re singing, this is how we’re dancing
This is how we’re learning at GVP. Hey!
C | G | G | C – C7
F | C – Am | Dm – G | C
AIN’T YOU GOT A RIGHT?
Adapted from a Spiritual from John’s Island SC
CHORUS: Ain’t you got a right?
Ain’t you got a right?
Ain’t you got a right?
To the Tree of Life
The right to democracy
The right to equality
Public assembly
And to be treated fairly
The right to a home
And the freedom to roam
The right to own
Things we need for our own
AIN’T YOU GOT A RIGHT
The right to our religion
Freedom of expression
A good education
And medical attention
The right to a nationality
The right to have privacy
Innocent ‘til proven guilty
And the end to all slavery!
AIN’T YOU GOT A RIGHT
Break the Silence
by Elise Witt © Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP
Written for One Billion Rising to stop violence against women and girls around the world.
Inspired by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) & Murphy Davis (The Open Door).
Recorded on We’re All BORN SINGING © EM World Records
BREAK THE SILENCE
CHORUS:
Break the silence all around the world
Break the silence in your neighborhood
Break the silence deep inside your heart
Break the silence now!
When they tell you “Hush your mouth” (Break the silence)
When they tell you “Don’t speak out” (Break the silence)
When they take away your books (Break the silence)
When your confidence is shook (Break the silence)
When they say, “Don’t play your drum” (Break the silence)
When they tell you, “Bite your tongue” (Break the silence)
When they say “You’ve got it wrong” (Break the silence)
When you have to sing your song! CHORUS
When they say “Don’t trust each other” (Break the silence)
When they say, “Tell on your brother” (Break the silence)
When there’s cops inside your head (Break the silence)
When you wish that you were dead (Break the silence)
When they’re trying to recruit’ya (Break the silence)
Say, “A uniform would suit ya” (Break the silence)
When they say, “Give up the fight” (Break the silence)
When you know about your rights! CHORUS
When you just can’t pay the rent (Break the silence)
When you feel embarassment (Break the silence)
When you’ve lost all sense of hope (Break the silence)
At the end of your rope
When a few hold on to plenty (Break the silence)
When the many don’t have any (Break the silence)
When your health care’s out of reach (Break the silence)
When you know that you can preach CHORUS
When the prison walls get higher (Break the silence)
When your case won’t come to trial (Break the silence)
When they say it’s dangerous (Break the silence)
When you’re just too curious (Break the silence)
When they say your song is banned (Break the silence)
When they take away your land (Break the silence)
When they say “Don’t tell your story” (Break the silence)
When you need to shine your glory!!
“Break the Silence” sung by GVP Form 1: 2018-2019
“Break the Silence” sung by GVP Form 3: 2018-2019
Pippinipity
by Terry Garthwaite
on Terry’s new CD “Shine On”
www.TerryGarthwaite.com
PIPPINIPITY
When you get the rhythm, you palpitate the beat
You get the boogie in your body, now you turn up the heat
Ca chinka chinka
Drink the chai, feel the tingle in your feet
Ca chinka
Think to sink the chi, get completely upbeat
Terry Garthwaite, Becky Reardon, Elise Witt live @ French Garden in Sebastopol CA
Rachel Schlafer Parton created this Body Percussion for Terry Garthwaite’s song “Pippinipity”
