This song still gives me goose bumps. Not the Katy Perry version (2010) so much, which now has 1.1 billion views on YouTube, but the PS22 version (2011) which back then had 300,000 views and now has 1.1 million.
PS22 is a public elementary school in Staten Island with a music teacher with a vision, with a faith in these kids that should be a lesson for all of us.
It’s not that I don’t like Katy Perry or her version. But somehow her voice doesn’t give me goose bumps (maybe because it is a performance, maybe because she tried to outshine these kids on Oprah back in 2011).
Click on the link below and just listen to little Denise belt out
Just own the night like the 4th of July. Cause baby you’re a firework. Come on show them what you’re worth.
and I hope you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Watch the faces on these 5th graders and you can’t help but believe in them (and maybe even yourself) and feel something.
Talk about possibilities…………
Do you ever feel so paper thin, like a house of cards one blow from caving in? Do you know there’s still a chance for you cause there’s a spark in you….Come on let your colors burst.
And if you have any doubt about your own gifts and talents, your own worth, your own possibilities doubt no more.
I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside. Whitney Houston
P.S. I’m still figuring out how to embed videos so bear with me if you can’t open the video. Go to youtube.com and search PS22 Chorus Firework if any problems. Thank you.
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