This song gives me goose bumps. Not the Katy Perry verison which has 205,000,000+ hits on youtube but the PS22 version which only has 300,000.
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 (she did co write the song so she does deserve a lot of credit). But somehow her voice doesn’t ring true to me or give me goose bumps (maybe because it is a performance, maybe because she tried to outshine these kids on Oprah). 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. Is that joy stirring in you? Is there a smile on your face?
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, doubt no more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGpdULugKo4
PS To help light that spark, find music that you don’t just like but music that gives you goose bumps.
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