Year 10 Spoken Word on Black Lives Matter
Year 10 Drama students have written poetry/spoken word which they are using as part of their assessment performances within Drama.
The students have been exploring the themes of war and protest and are currently collating the devising skills they have covered with the style of physical theatre and spoken word to create performances using the Black Lives Matter movement as their stimulus.
With this month being Black History Month and the impressive quality of their written works, we are excited to share them with you. The students will present their assessment performances in the final week of the term.
Thank you to Ms Brunton for all her hard work with these students on this fantastic project.
ADEEL H - YEAR 10
They wanna act like we all the same,
But they don’t know how we feel the pain,
Livin in a world where we got no name,
Still, we rise, stand tall in the rain.
They see the color, then they pull the trigr
System’s broke, but they blame the kid,
Hands in the air, but we still get hit,
Ain’t no peace when the law ain’t legit.
From the ends to the blocks, we marchin’ loud,
United in the struggle, we a different crowd,
We ain’t bowin down, we too proud,
we gon make the whole world hear us now.
Justice for the fam, and the lives they knew,
We fightin till the world turns brand new.
HARRY C - YEAR 10
In the heart of the struggle, a powerful cry,
For justice and freedom, we reach for the sky.
Black Lives Matter, a message so clear,
Echoing loudly for all who will hear.
With courage and strength, we stand side by side,
In the face of injustice, we will not hide.
Together we rise, united and strong,
In the fight for our rights, we all belong.
From the streets to the halls, our voices will soar,
Demanding equality, we’ll settle the score.
For love knows no color, and hope lights the way,
In the journey for justice, we’ll strive every day.
MARK V - YEAR 10
In the shadows of a heavy past,
Voices rise, demanding change at last.
With strength and courage, they take a stand,
For justice, peace, and a united land.
From streets alive with passionate cries,
To hearts that dream beneath the skies,
Together we march, side by side,
For every life, we stand with pride.
Injustice fades as love takes flight,
A world reborn, where hope shines bright.
For Black lives matter, let it be clear,
In unity, our strength draws near.
HUDAIFA H - YEAR 10
In a world where shadows fall on dreams,
Where voices rise, yet unheard it seems,
We stand, united, hearts ablaze,
For justice, for freedom, in these days.
Black lives matter, a cry, a plea,
For equality, for the world to see,
In every heartbeat, in every breath,
We fight for life, we fight for death.
No more silence, no more chains,
In the streets, our spirit reigns,
With every step, with every word,
We echo truths that must be heard.
From the past’s pain, we rise anew,
With courage strong, and vision true,
Together, we’ll break the chains of hate,
For love and justice, it’s never too late.
DEREK - YEAR 10
In the midst of the struggle, we rise from below,
Echoes of the fallen, their voices we know.
Black lives matter, it’s deeper than a phase,
A battle for our people, we’ll keep it ablaze.
From the hurt of the past, we’re forging ahead,
Tearing down barriers, we’re the ones who spread.
The system’s built to hold us in place,
But we’re breaking loose, reshaping the race.
With each step we take, we’re claiming our ground,
No more hush, we’re making our sound.
So remember us well, we’re here to fight,
Black lives matter, shining so bright .
JURGEN - YEAR 10
We are people of colour we are black
Oh those things they carried during slavery?
No those are sacks
We are black.
Black isn’t just a colour or a shade
Black is in fact how we were made
Police brutality
Fed immorality
Treated like we are charity
Well maybe you people need clarity
Through slavery and prejudice
A few made an emphasis.
Oprah
Malcom
Martin
Maya
Think like a queen
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
Still I’ll rise.
All of these they said
But for what? A prize?
We need to strive
To be better
Ancestoral roots that still haven’t been derived
Country’s under rule
Nigeria
Ghana
Rwanda
Egypt.
All of their properties taken as a tool.
Segregation
Apartheid
Split like when moses part tides
Colonisation slavery
Someone had to show their bravery
We are people of colour we are black
We don’t even get a chance to slack
Because guess what we are black
ISHAQ J - YEAR 10
BLM
The grief of police brutality and systematic racism the despair of hopelessness and discrimination of black individuals systematic inequalities and biases between the BLM movement we won’t stop until we are heard.
BLM is like a beacon of hope shining bright like a lighthouse giving us justice and safety the fear of violence the sadness of trauma the outrage of police killing We won’t stop until we are free.
A blind spot people overlook a blind spot for injustice a blind spot where black individuals struggle a blind spot challenge faced by black people I can’t breathe We won’t stop until we breathe