In one of my intermediate classes, the topic of the three-hour long session was world hunger. Near the end of the lesson, I broke the students up into groups and asked them to compose a song treating the topic of world hunger. Here are a few of the results, unedited and unabridged. Incidentally, I have no idea how they learned to use "yo" in song lyrics. I certainly didn't teach them that.
JINGLE HUNGERS (to the tune of "Jingle Bells," by a group of three boys)
They are dying.
They are dying.
It is not their fault.
They are dead.
They are dead.
What's you gonna do.
DONATION (a rap song, by a group of two boys calling themselves "Dark Sides of Street")
Yo. There is peoples in this world buyin food at market. But do remember there is peoples thrown out at streets baggin for some cashes and changes. What do we do? Nothin! We don't freakin care about this hommies and hobos. Instead we seat in the house at couch watchin TV.
Hunger...!
It is beatin the crap of them.
We gotta help this hommies.
Donate your money, food, and time.
There are people dyin in hunger. You know that there are foods, but it goes to the waste baskets. It's such a waste you know. They ain't got food, job, moneys, we need to help them! They are dyin out there.
C'mon.
YELLOW HOT CHARLIE CHOCOLATE (a song by a group of girls calling themselves "Burning Green Rabbit")
People are dying yo
We are living yo
So we have to help them
They are so poor
Hunger is bad I think so
Go on and donate your time
Volunteer your time
People are in hunger
Give money and food and
Time to them
Go on and donate your time
Volunteer your time
