- This project uses music and song writing as a means of discovering current events issues going on in the world.
- Grade 7 students were to re-write the verses to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire". Students were allowed to use their own opinions and points of view and were responsible for researching current events within the last 10 years.
- Ms Klein's 7.4 Humanities Class
- Lyrics:
We Didn’t Start the Fire – 7.4
Verse 1
David Beckham, Dianna, Billy Joel, Johnny Depp,
Daniel Radcliff, Peru Earthquake, Harry Potter 5
Orlando Bloom, Eifel Tower, Boston Red Socks, Hiroshima,
JK Rowling, California, Mickey Mouse, Spice Girls
Ronaldino, Uka, Bush, Jurgen Klinsman,
Merkel, Robbie Williams, and the scientists –
make better vaccines, England has the same Queen,
Metallica, Madonna, Little Shop of Horrors
Chorus:
We didn’t start the fire. It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire. No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it.
Verse 2
Venice sinking, Fall Out Boy, Tsunami in Thailand,
Hurricane Dean, Roadside Bombs, Space Shuttle, MTV
Spongebob Squarepants, Angelina, Brad Pitt,
Pluto debate, Scooby Dooby Doo
I-Pods, MP3, Brittany Spears shaves her head,
Paris Hilton sits in Jail, Elvis Prestley, Graceland
Pirates of the Caribbean, Cribs and Peru,
Iraqi War, David Beckham, Madeleine McCann gone
Verse 3
Earthquakes are everywhere, George Bush doesn’t care,
Paris Hilton goes to jail, Tsunami makes people wail
Global warming is killing us, and the ice is melting up,
You Tube, Bird Flu, Ipod and a new shoe
Killing in Afghanistan is doing bad for everyone,
Chinese dolphins are all gone, but the killing still goes on
Dianna’s sons still cry, “Why did she have to die?!”
Is Saddam Hussein really the one to blame?
Verse 4
Israel, Iraq, Princess Dianna dies,
Duisburg kidnap, Peru gets an earthquake
Tsunami in Thailand, Greenday is a new band,
Jordan, China, Hurricane Katrina
George Bush, New Orleans, Pirates of the Carribean,
Hussein blown away, what else do I have to say?
Verse 5
Iraqi war, Madeleine, Albert Gore is looking grim,
Benedict, Terrorism, Lebanon and 9-11
Klitschko, Hogan, Timberlake, Bin Laden,
RHCP (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Linkin Park, Katrina makes the world look dark
Jacoby Boy, Pappa Roach, Dave Chapelle, Madonna’s coach,
Blockbuster, Laguna Beach - cost a million dollars each.
North Korea, South Korea, West Sahara, Serbia – see ya!
Bird Flu, Crack, Hash, making the whole world a rash!
