HALLAM SENIOR COLLEGE
Glimmer Of Hope – Written by Yonis
As a kid, I can vividly remember the peaceful days / When jackin’ and hittin’ the candy store were the righteous ways
Believin’ in the easter bunny was overated / And flirtin’ with a fly honey was an understatement
Life used to grab me by the arms / And hurl me forward on the right path
Steering me out of dangers’ wrath / I was praised and preached by my parents
Who of which were poor yet you couldn’t sense no emotional dents / By cutting through their budget they would’ve spared me a few cents
It’s this sort of love that’s kept us through rents / but we weren’t gonna stay glee with our arses up in tents
As I grew up, a lot of shit changed / My parents had decent jobs so their wages ranged.
I took the quote to hear “old rabbits – die hard” / yet my mates one after the other eventually got barred
Life now hurts me on a crash course for death / Revealin’ many thoughts and sorrows which recede my breath.
Although even the brink towards this end / there’s a glimmer of hope that you can lend
HAILEYBURY COLLEGE
Dog Eat Dog – By Madison, Harrison and Stefan
I have what I need and nothing more / So why am I the one classified as poor?
If I could talk to them, you bet / I’d try grind the facts into their head
They’re missing out, on a life /All they ever do is cause some strife
I can’t, though, cause there’s a barrier between us / Any kind of contact, that’d be heinous
I’d change the world with what they have / They throw it away like something ave,
Tryin to get, the newest, the best / Can’t they see we’re in distress
Gotta listen in while we protest.
Industries makin money that’s how the whole thing started / People takin sides that’s how the whole world parted
Let’s all try to live in equality / Instead of following this dog eat dog economy
The poor are getting poorer / The rich are getting richer
Tryna’ get bigger / By pulling the trigger
We’re losing the world / It’s all unfurled
‘Til the money’s hurled / To the third-world
Then when we’re all equal / To this rap there’ll be no sequel
Industries makin’ money that’s how the whole thing started / People takin sides thats how the whole world parted
Let’s all try to live in equality / Instead of following this dog eat dog economy.
WHAT’S WITH THE HATE?
Princes Hill Secondary College – words by Amber and Saraswati
I run down some street / Thank god I know where l’rn going
My school’s in my sight / So this is how it’s flowin’
Walking through the school / Everybody’s staring at me
So what l’m not straight / Yeah l’m gay what it be?!
Gay, bi or straight / l’m still human what’s with the hate
Ya’ll turning ya backs / Like l’m a monster as a fact.
Ma mate runs up / Screaming “is it true is it true?”
I go ‘yeah and? / Where’d ya hear it from and who?”
It’s all over facebook / It’s a friend of mine
I don’t think you know’er / Do really even mind?
Gay, bi or straight / l’m still human what’s with the hate?
Ya’ll turning your backs / Like l’m a monster come to fact.
