Our Rap/Song: Educate Us All

The theme of this year's Our World Irish Aid Awards is 'Education for the All the World's Children'.  Guided by the project team, the three 6th Classes in Balbriggan ETNS have composed a song and rap in solidarity with the children of the world who don't get a full primary education.  It is written by children for children.  Please read the lyrics below and enjoy watching the rap or the full song! Why not sing along or learn it with your class?!

Our Rap

The Full Song

Educate Us All

(Sung to the music of We Are the World)

Children are here, to make a better world

So we all must come together to learn.

There are children crying, ‘cause we can’t pursue our dreams - at all

Now you must hear our call.

We cannot live, without learning day by day

That together, somehow we can make a change.

We are all a part of the world’s great family

And the truth, you know school is all we need.

CHORUS:

We are the world, we are the children,

We have the right to follow all our dreams so let’s start learning.

We can build our future just educate us now,

Then we can make a better world for you and me.

Yeah let us all learn, so we know we have the right

To have fun, be heard and never to fight.

So hear us all out, so we can succeed in life

Right now so we can build our self-esteem.

CHORUS

Nous se monde le, we are the children,

We have the right to follow all our dreams so let’s start learning.

We can build our future just educate us now,

Then we can make a better world for you and me.

Just remember this we can be someone in life

If we go to school and learn to not be cruel

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! Realise that a change can only come

When we learn together as one!

CHORUS X4

RAP:

We all need somebody that we can learn from,

When we wake up let’s take a book and we can read some.

Education will help us make it through the storm,

When the floor breaks, a magic carpet to stand on.

We are the World united by love so strong

We’ve wanted education for all for so long

A guiding light on the dark road we’re walking on

A sign post to find the dreams we thought were gone.

Something to help us move the obstacles we stumble on

Someone to teach us the things that we don’t know

We are the World connected by a common bond

Listen! Educate us, educate us, educate us all!

CHORUS

RAP Part II

Everyday children get no education

You and I, you and I get educated and give ourselves a better life

Let’s go to school so we can learn how to multiply

Become free so we can fly like a butterfly.

Education, education

We need it, we need it, we need it!

CHORUS

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