THE CHANGE SOCIETY
The Change Society Guiding Principles Community
We believe in a community of creative learning and expression; responsible and accountable for determining the destiny of change and its impact on various institutions in our communities. We believe in providing youth with opportunities and space where they can prepare for job readiness, cultural development, and entrepreneurship to ensure future communities strive rather than suffer.
SOCIAL CHANGE! We believe we can counter unjust economic, social and political conditions by empowering our youth with the tools and spaces they need to challenge various systematic controls. Members strive to remix the current state of society to create an improved society that seeks justice, equality and freedom from social oppressions. Development of Youth Leadership
Members are considered to be the "Seeds of Societal Change" . Members will receive training from DYN Adult and Youth Mentors as well as Industry Professionals. Members will practice the model of "Each One... Teach One...", as members develop into Change Society Leaders they will act as mentors and models for new students as they are introduced to the organization. Members will help to overcome one of the most discouraging features of becoming a self-employed agent of change.
The Change Society-Guiding Principles Collective Work/ Collective Responsibility Members will collaborate, make decisions, identify and solve problems together. Members are committed to a collective working environment where everyone's experiences are equally valued. Members will share a collective responsibility for high quality work that is diverse and has a positive impact on self and community. Cooperative Economics We believe that The Change Society will allow youth to achieve control over their working life, while at the same time receiving the support of a group of people who want to pool their issues, enthusiasm and expertise to create change and financial empowerment for self, and community.
Freedom& Peace& Process + Practice& 5 Core Questions + New Media& Awareness& Change!
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A Common Challenge: From the beginnings of time we have relied on the griots. (a traditional name for oral historians, storytellers, etc.) In our generation Hip-Hop and Spoken Word have become our most effective means of bringing our cultural artistic voice to the world. It is this tradition we will continue, with flow to make us unique, and messages that tell our stories: To teach, To inform, To inspire, and always Entertain. Common uses music to lyrically tell HIS story of the history of Hip Hop and inform us about realities of many Corners of urban reality as HE sees it.
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Students Analyze: “I used to love H.E.R. “ by Common, from the prespective of bringing voice to history, events, memories, as we see them through our imagination. Students remix their favorite Common songs to project their perspectives and to have a better understanding of Common as a activist, writer, and storyteller. We used “I used to love H.E.R. “ as and example of a critical view into hip-hop's progression. The students reflect Common's example as both artist, and historian, using music as the medium. It is through this process that the students will use to bring voice to their world.
aye yo I'm physically visible but emotionally gone, you cant see me in my song and my verses will have your thoughts going back and fourth like ping-pong I leave you in a state of confusion when i put my rhymes in the air its like i gave you lyric pollution but see I'm the cause and the cure Dr.Rhyme-alot come back and make your tainted thoughts pure and do you dare question me you say not sure? you must still be sick let me give you another dose and listen close
because i don't give refills on my prescriptions and dont forget to read the side affect descriptions Im known to cause hallucinations i'll have you thinking im a musical angel with a treble clef halo floatin above my head but instead im real... more real then most so let me be your host to the grand opening to a new world of hip-hop...
DIMRESS The Food
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PRINCE ROC & SLICK G Lets Start the Show!
let the show prince roc from the go dont tell everybody you know know that we stay cold cold now let start the show #1 yes ya boy is in the buildin prince roc give back to all the children yes i got a feelin that i don't belong here like from a nother plant were they have long hair and dont care wat you do der their one color and we call each other brother. now let me get on the subject who come next to save my soul from the black hole of the street i,m brought up in. but i'm i learned from the go you gotta act hard but in the star on my way to mars goin in my car which turn into a spaceship navigation on my hip next thing i'm like banana i spit ya dig i like scarecrow from the wiz wish i had a brain to understand biz i wish i had heart like the ten men i mean 12 men When I think about the question, "Who would I wanna be?"/ I said, " The Dwayne Wayne, on the M-I-C"/ They said, "Why would you be a TV character G?"/ cause my world is so different than the one u teach/ All I need is my whitley & a macbook pro/ a couple shirts, shoes, jeans, & a microphone/ & a couple leaders fitted hats,/ so the clothes can match/ but on to the topic of the song that im gettin at/ dont forget my hillman, which is important/ own a masters & people will wont get ya the whippin/ this school gets me in a daze that let me explore/ my imagination gets me through some difficult situations/ I stay on Gilbert Hall avenue/ Where the kids are just passin through/ Who Am I? a person aiming for the sky so/ for those who dont like my station/ you can change dial now back to your regularly scheduled programmin/
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MR. RETRO STRETCH DOLLARS VIC MENSAH THE CORNERS (CHANGE EDITION)
I. The Corner is my homie with a NIKE attitude/ And when they hit the streets again/ He pulls more girls, than any pimp in lattitude/ Homie is reapeating' them/ His sycamore style/ With the same rock,and customers in stock/ Finesses and coral/ Just waitin' for the 5-0 to drop, then pop/ Has the block fearin' with his rat-tat-tat-dow/ Have these ninjas on the corner like a clock/ rat-tat-rat-tat-tat-tat-dow you can see it from a mile/ The brother's on the corner with that toe-tag fashion Chorus(4x) style/ I wish I could give you this feeling/ Damn and it don't quit/ Like in my tooth/ We gon bring you things that'll make yo door split/ Numb out the strain with pain/ Yes it's the 5-0 looking for them ride slows/ Like a masseuse/ Plus they took a rhineSTONE up in the Ford 1-5-0/ But I can't get you loose/ Now they bought to die slow/ You struck up in them shackles/ In a jail cell, no bail, with a buddy that'll make'em Until you get the key from me/ look swell/ But ya minds been tackled/ Mr Retro III. II. Peep the cops, than hey had to hit up to the Im on da corner like hornets on honey block let me jump on dis beat like a bunje and set up shop in the back of the spot stunt how I wanna from the corners where selling smoke was Cuz of da corner I was looked in da customary dungeon Back out back at it like homey its nuthin And dudes had it for the fin (5) like huckleberry A couple of weary shots might have hit you My brothers who I'm trustin But schools to a little dude is a minor issue Who make Careers out of nuthin Yeah, my situation And tho I came from nuthin originating for the corners I gets it poppin now aint dat somethin like geometric equations deliberating Word 2 cuzin I'mda only bee buzzing yeah, off the top more off then than not Da kid is hotter than da oven but fresh cats get coffined a with locks off da stove top for talking a lot In a coffee pot that s how it seems Stretch Dollars He Rocks not the heavy stressed me Stretch Dollars I’m on the 6 like I’m riding down Jeffery but that couldn’t be it : look I try to repeat it for cats to understand I had to defeat it Vic Mensah
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My name is Jraco pronounced (draco) The Dark Artist.
JRACO
My musical influences are Lupe Fiasco , Jonathan Davis , and Lajon Witherspoon.
UNIVERSE OUTTA CONTROL (UOC)
I believe the we can change this world if we make our voices loud enough for people to hear us. Our individuality sets us apart from the rest of the world therefore we can see it at different angles from everyone else and thats why I believe we can change the world
this is that super sonic technologic beat robotic hooked on logic check my Phoenix my flows got it and u cant stop it my rhymes toxic hydroponic my styles tight like a levi pocket keep my swagg tied up in wallets with chains and belts thats how i rock it style poppin jewelry rockin brothers watching me drop it poppin lockin beatin boxin stylin and bein fresh to death i stay the fresh and the best is yet to confront my contest and when i spit yo i stay exact my venac is spectacular and all yall react like this lets go this is that newness keep you standing in line the universe is outta control and your next in line getit you know u want this your callin my name this is that newness and it dont feel the same this that that dang digga dang da dang dang da dang da dang digga .
Some pop i lock its a chain reaction im your number one main attraction facets hate the way i be actin but they cant knock off my fashion i stay plastered fully classic when these headphones is fully blastin i stay at it check my status bring me to life lights camera action cameras flashin people clappin me rappin toe tappin money stackin then applause thank you for comin out im the kid who is highly gifted listed passed to the right and shifted uplifted above all the masses back up u dont want it with a upperclassmen (chorus)
i am a slice of rage i am the ace of spades push it full force engage the future ruler of this age from the depths so i speak this sure enough to kick his p.a. when they see him they run away cuz hes the one who rules the day
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STRETCH DOLLARS Black Maybe (Resurrection Remix)
I listen to Anything thats different Change Society means that we are able to improve ourselves and our surroundings My Goal in life is to be great when it comes to music in any shape or form I can change the world by investing in better jobs and schools for my people
Yo...Its the Kid...Stretch Dollars Black Maybe? NO... Definitely Name a MC... Thats better than me (WHO?) Yeah, once again its on! Strech Dollars in his 2-3 ZONE (Yeah, YuP!) I’m exquisite alone you loose a clothes Black Maybe? NO FO’ SURE My whole life I had to fight a WAR Being Put in situations Where its MY LIFE OR YOURS Don’t know about you...
But, MY LIFE... I ADORE (I LOVE IT!!!) Life is a game and I got to SCORE But Life Not a GAME cause you only live it once! (ONCE!) SO I”M TRYING TO DO IT BIG!!! Excuse my french... But I’m a Grown ASS KID Get big Yall simple: arithmetic and I’m more like trig Heres a cup of swag juice.. won’t you take a swig
I threw my Dude: Big Bang On the ad-lib (BIG BANG) Exclusive Black R.. black ness The boy, just & beautiful is what black is (YUP) and i love my black kids (love you) even though I’m not a father yet... when I plant that seed I’m want to be PROUD to say: “MY SEED... is just like ME...” Black... Black and Beautiful
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VIC MENSAH Rethinking The Real: Change
“We might as well work together for the sake of re-arranging they brain... NOW THATS CHANGE SOCIETY”
Yeah, I’m thinking about election Night... Branic... It feels good to see real people making a name My father said I could be anything... If I only make it my aim In the past my pops had to say it in vein but through the PRESIDENT my people know what they can attain I was told to stay in my lane Im feeling like mike in the last minute I’m playing my game
Guess me and my neighbor the same a young hyde park native racing the rain to make it to fame... As the currency makes and exchange its like breaking a bone cause I’m trying to make it to change And trying to find my place in this game from a HOOD with enough STONES... to make it a Chain But I never really was into gang-banging or slanging the cain though some of my people... stayed in the FRAME
and though the police think we the same we might as well work together for the sake to re-arranging they brain ------NOW THATS CHANGE SOCIETY.... For Real though... Thats what we trying to do... I guess this the first frontier (Let’s Get it in... Word)
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Was up! Was up! Was up! I go by Da Truth when I get in the booth. I attend University of Chicago Charter School. Started rapping when I was around 7.
DA TRUTH JRACO
I was influenced by Cassidy and Eminem including Common. The reason why these artist are my favorite is mainly because they don't spit about what everybody else spits about. They spit THEIR TRUTH and at the same time can perfectly over any beat.
FEATURING
2 Chapters of 13 (Poetics of Change)
My favorite song by common is Chapter 13. This is because the beat is one that just gets you hyped and ready to rap. I can change the world with music and I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD WITH MY Lyrics.
Chapter 13 Ever since the biblical ages I've dealt with similar rages Sit on the stage feeling inpatient As I flip through the pages Illiterate facing Chapters of killers engaging Familiar faces Afraid of Dinner wit twelve gage Shotguns Always focused on being complex Coming right out the projects As I focus on my rhymes My mind is able to move objects So my thoughts become excrete As I leave the beats nervous And leave beats to retreat upon the secret service Flows harder than concrete As I compete to defeat the elites Though when I try to delete beef I get so ready to eat Never let my mind re-pleat So I spit sick then repeat Forever feeling incomplete Until the day that I Rest in Peace And as I lay may I rest a beast
Expect me to perfect directly Done a lot of wrong Was never corrected correctly This is my land Call me Lincoln My mind is so diverse Is never known what i'm thinkin Meaning doesn't sink in My lyrics have a distinction An the way I murder beats U'd think they were close to extinction Kill beats until they become endangered species You may be the ish But ninja i'm the ... Inside sicker than a mitsubishi Im grinding 8 days of the week U're part time THAT weekly Ever since I was a baby My thoughts have been crazy No need for applause Just thank the people who made me Mic had an on switch Yet I was to lazy So I spit wit it off From B.C to A.D Daze into Hazes Spit similes that were amazing And dropped Bars daily Tilll the day that they amazed
Nothing but an immortal mortal And no i'm not mistaken Defeats not a possibility As my abilities awaken I walk up in the spot Shake Floors Got a little cake but I gotta make more Nice ride ready to drive like Lake Shore(Lake Shore Drive) Nothing on my plate WAIT IMMA TAKE YOURS Been through more change Than Australopithecus Metaphors been through metamorphosis Sicker dan super Saigon syphilis Electrocuting Electricity As I leave lightning electrified An my pockets so fat Dat I take em out to exercise Little man Highest velocity On top awkwardly Throwing calamities and atrocities Through out yo land cuz AINT NO STOPPING ME
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RAMSIE REAL Haikus 4 Common
The 6th Sense: Haiku I have a 6th sense I can see BEyond myself I am unCommon
Be: Haiku I hurt no longer to give up is a mistake I fight for my change Corner: Haiku A teen on the move Older we grow as days go Sprits roam Freedom UMC: haiku A fighter lets GO.., Right Left Kick stick it to him A quest I can love The Food: haiku A new being born Dreams: Repressed..Stole..Left..Hungery Gone and forgotten?
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STRETCH DOLLARS
In My Own World (Remix)
“Rappers are WHACK! I’m the opposite of that...”
STRETCH DOLLAR$ They keep telling me, go faster go harder. Slow up.. WHY BOTHER... Single mom, No father I’m the bomb, like Pearl Harbor All I know is GO: Home or GO HARDER Protecting my cattle like a Farmer “My Life” consists of Money, Women, I warned ya I will do whatever for my sponser I promise I’m a beast, I’m a monster Please... be cool before I harm ya I’m not hot, I’m Sauna
Not Crazy, I’m BONKERS I shoot for the sky guys I’m a young gunna... I’m a top gunna Hustle all winter Stunt all summer ’09 is Mine... I put that on my Mama. If I don’t do if for myself Than I owe it to my Mama Cause lord knows she was riding through the drama Two Lawyers for your Honor
Don’t know what it cost(ed) But to show my appreciation
I will double that Young mack from the middle of the Map Rappers are WHACK!!! I’m the opposite of that!! Feel me? If you don’t feel me FEEL ME If you don’t...I’ll feel myself! The way life is... I’d kill myself All alone, no need for help People wearing pants with no belt S-A-G-G-I-N (Spell that backwards) Damn, that’s tragic thats messed up
but still people tie them vests up Go in the battle field When its war time I go in for mine Go hard for mine GIMENI is MY SIGN (So they say I got two different Personalities) One bad, One right Some people went Right While I went... Left Some say I say the like my old tracks But my next track is going to be the best track yet... Facts is facts!!!
In My Own World (Remix)
STRETCH DOLLARS Ride with me. Check me First off... I am second to NONE! And I rock harder than the Earth from the Sun Its 4th quarter and I already won I swear, I’ma kill’em this year Not the rap game but the whole atmosphere my flow so sweet.... like cookies for the ears I am ready, I ain’t scared I’m the one, sitting in the KINGS chair
Everybody bow when I appear Young...MALCOM X Get fly... like Flacons... Jets... Bet And I hope you got a vest (But I ain’t got no need for that) Cause my heart is on my wrist Shorty is a trip Short is sick But I ain’t talking about a cold However, my neck stay froze
I believe I was choose... to RUN THE GLOBE! So I stay on my toes Never on my back Even when I’m laying flat My intellect... intact. In fact, everything you want to be... I’m THAT!!!! You babies is still on similac Still can’t guard me, show me where you center at? He can’t guard me no not hardly...
I'm back/make sure u say tha man after pac/I'm almost runnin this word just like a race track/stretch dollars put me on tha track like metra/If u dont like tha words then it just might upset cha/ then don't listen to tha lecture /cause tha words might here is very special/ until then at least please let me spread tha message/ cuz if u aint gone listen then u incomplete tha lesson/ this right here is for tha ones that knew me /haters fall back and keep on snoozing/ cuz ya loosening /goofies hatin on pac now thats to confusing/I come to yo block and Im choosing/u say u like chips so tha bullets from my Mind is wat u chewing/ I'm done wit dis track put me down like a baby/cuz u suckaz got played like a beach ukalale.
Featuring...
PAC MAN
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Digital Youth Network & Common Ground Foundation
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