Read the following text.
Sum it up and try to guess which song was forbidden.
0-Year-Old Florida Girl Banned by Principal From Singing .....?.....".....................??..............." at Talent Show
It seems to be a day of stories about concerns over what pop artists have to say about issues. ? is one of the most outspoken of current top female pop artists. She has been lauded for her efforts to encourage young girls to turn against negative female stereotypes in her song "Stupid Girls." However, when she takes on President Bush it apparently is too much for some in authority.
As reported this morning in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, a 10-year-old in Coral Springs, Florida, has been barred from singing the ? song in a school talent show. The song has been deemed inappropriate and too political. The girl's mother believes her daughter should be lauded for choosing to sing a song with lyrical substance. Molly, the 10-year-old who choose the song, thinks the song is "really cool" because it speaks about important subjects like war and homelessness. Molly also liked how the song addresses the President directly. "He should try to listen to what other people say, not just himself."
The article quotes a spokesperson for the school district saying "This is a fifth-grade student that wants to perform a song filled with lyrics about drug use, war, abortion, gay rights and profanity. This is an elementary school that includes kindergarteners and pre-K students." As mentioned in the article, the song does not include direct reference to abortion, the profanity used is the word "hell," and the reference to drug use is about the President's own past drug problems.
Go in the Internet and listen to the song to fill in the gaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPgXiwMP_jM
..........................................................................................................., come take a walk with me
(Take a walk with me)
Let's ........................................................ we're just two people and you're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly
What do you feel when you see all the .......................................................... on the street?
Who do you ....................................... .................... at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror? Are you ..............................?
How do you ...................................... while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head ............................... ............................;?
Can you even look me in the eye? And tell me why?
Dear Mr.President, were you a lonely boy?
(Were you a lonely boy?)
Are you a lonely boy?
(Are you a lonely boy?)
How can you say, no ...............................................; is left .............................................;?
We're not ....................................... and we're not .......................................
(We're not blind)
They're all sitting in your ..................................... while you pave the road to ...................
What kind of father would take his own ..............................................................'s rights away?
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were ............................................?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from ...................................... and ...............................................
Do you understand that the song should provoke such reactions?
Did you know that the song was censored in the US where she was not allowed to perform it? What do you think of this?