Michelle Navarroi A Waterways Project Publication Richard Spiegel Barbara Fisher codirectors Thomas Perry administrative assistant James Patton teacher Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach Coran James, director Frank Murray, principal ia. Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent, Alternative High Schools & Programs ©1996 Ten Penny Players with funding support from the NY State Council on the ArtsFRIENDS good friends are hard to find if you're lucky hold on tight special friends touch the heart in a special way that no one else will replaceSCHOOL stay in school if you want to do good stay clean from drugs so you can succeed be somebody for your own family it's hard but you can try you'll see it's worth a tryLIFE GOES ON seasons change friends move away life goes on from day to day some are born others die but we should be thankful we're alive some are poor others are rich and to get there we must reach but you must move on do your best to try and always remember life gets harder as you trybe strong ; believe in yourself you'll see you're not by yourself do your best and always pray that Lord will bless you in all your waysFIGHTS fights don't get you anywhere except an emergency room or a cemetery why do people fight? is that right? I guess only if you get hit first but there're many times when we can talk instead of fighting if we talk about things and we do less fighting maybe more people will stop dying and the world become a better place 6MY BEDROOM my room is my home where I spend most of my time where I escape from the rest of the world to find comfort and hope T look around my room I see myself the walls the pictures describe who I am’ a person full of dreams and hope dreaming on my bed in my room the place I call home 7LOOKING FOR ANSWERS why do people die? why do people cry? when some are smiling others are crying when some are born others are gone who are we? where do we come from? who are we really? some people say we come from monkeys others say we come from God can you find all the answers to these questions I guess it all depends on who we really areTHE PERSON I ADMIRE the person I admire is strong and kind is loving and smart doesn't quit no matter what doesn't stop until he gets what he wants he's an inspiration to my life he's taught me love and how to fight he's taught me never to give up even if someone else does so I have learned to never give up and to fight for what I want because life goes onWHAT YOU GIVEIS WHAT YOU RECEIVE if you give respect you'll get respect if you love you'll get hope if you hate you'll be betrayed if you study you'll get money if you want all of this you'll have to give then all of this you'll receiveTHIS CLASSROOM. , this is the classroom I sit every morning big and wide green and white the classroom where I learn how to read and writeLOVE ONE ANOTHER there is nothing as wonderful as loving another in fact, the Bible says, we should love our brothers if we share our love with someone else it brings such a peace within we can be sure we'll always find our love returnedIn Search of a Song Volume 228 : 2 : o eee eet Seer aaa a waterways project publication