ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY

Power point by: Michael Frasier

THEME!!!!!!!!!!

Going through hardships can make a person stronger

Symbol Support

The land is symbol support because the land is a symbol of strength because throughout the book they fought to keep their land which made them stronger

we’re not gonna take it by twisted sisters

We're not gonna take it No, we ain't gonna take it We're not gonna take it anymore We've got the right to choose and There ain't no way we'll lose it This is our life, this is our song We'll fight a 1000 legions Don't pick our destiny 'cause You don't know us, you don't belong We're not gonna take it No, we ain't gonna take it We're not gonna take it anymore Oh you're so condescending Your goal is never ending We don't want nothin', not a thing from you Your life is trite and jaded Boring and confiscated If that's your best, your best won't do Whoa... Whoa... We're right/yeah We're free/yeah We'll fight/yeah You'll see/yeah Oh we're not gonna take it No, we ain't gonna take it Oh we're not gonna take it anymore Oh we're not gonna take it No, we ain't gonna take it

Oh we're not gonna take it anymore No way! Whoa... Whoa... We're right/yeah We're free/yeah We'll fight/yeah You'll see/yeah We're not gonna take it No, we ain't gonna take it We're not gonna take it anymore We're not gonna take it, no! No, we ain't gonna take it We're not gonna take it anymore Just you try and make us We're not gonna take it Come on No, we ain't gonna take it You're all worthless and weak We're not gonna take it anymore Now drop and give me twenty We're not gonna take it A Pledge pin No, we ain't gonna take it On your uniform We're not gonna take it anymore

Explanation

The reason I picked this song is because it talks about people not taking bad stuff no more which is fighting back that will make you stronger

Symbol support

The fire that papa started at the end of the book is symbol support because the fire brought the black community and white community together making them all stronger

the flame in all of us by thousand foot krutch

This world has taken me by storm, it makes me feel like running, this place is making metransform until I feel like nothing. It the strength in you and me... that surroundseverything, The way you look out for me, The way you burn.

It's the flame, in all of us, the same, that makes us feel this, falme, in all of us, the sae,that makes us feel it.

We are the youth, of yesterday, we've brought you pain and sorrow, that's what they say, butthey paved the way we are the new tomorrow, it's the

strength in you and me... that surroundseverything, the way you look out for me, the way you burn.

It's the flame, in all of us, the same, that makes us feel this, flame, in all of us, thesame, that makes us, it's the flame, in all of us, the same, that makes us feel, this, flame,inall of us, te same, that makes us feel it

It's the flame in all of us that makes, the change in all of us, that takes, the blame in allof us, and still keeps it alive.

Explanation

The reason I picked this song is it tells how the fire is making him stronger

Event support On pg. 168 Tj gets mama

fired from teaching this is event support because after she got fired it made it harder to pay bills which made them stronger

Lyrics getting fired Five across the eyes, sweat

beads down my browI got a feeling and its pretty badI'll hide it just for nowPolish up the chrome, polish up my boneHanging out with six dumb, dumbs,In my funeral home

Cross hairs, crossed pathsYou die, I laughI leave, you bleedI'm firing you, cause you

fired meFind more similar lyrics onI cash my final check, butyou cash in your chipsYou look kind of funny begging and cryingLike a bitchYou should have seen your face, when thenThe dummies hitYou opened like a ripened,rotten bag of gutless shitCause I've just been firedYou die...Just been fired

Explanation The reason I picked this song is because it talks about getting fired it also talks about it feeling bad to get fired

Paying the mortgage

Pg. 235-236 Paying the mortgage is event support because it proved to Harlan Granger that they were not going to give up their land

Bills,BIlls,Bills by destiny child

[Verse 1 Beyonce:]

At first we started out real coolTaking me places I ain't never beenBut now, you're getting comfortableAin't doing those things you did no moreYou're slowly making me pay for thingsYour money should be handlingAnd now you ask to use my car (car)Drive it all day and don't fill up the tankAnd you have the audacityTo even come and step to meAsk to hold some money from meUntil you get your check next week

[Kelly:]You triflin', good for nothing type of brotherSilly me, why haven't I found another?A baller, when times get hardI need someone to help me outInstead of a scrub like youWho don't know what a man's about

[Chrous:]Can you pay my bills?Can you pay my telephone bills? Do you pay my automo' bills?If you did then maybe we could chillI don't think you doSo, you and me are throughCan you pay my bills?Can you pay my telephone bills?Do you pay my automo' bills?If you did then maybe we could chillI don't think you doSo, you and me are through

[Verse 2 Beyonce:]Now you've been maxing out my card (card)Gave me bad credit, buyin' me gifts with my own ends

Haven't paid the first billBut instead you're headin' to the mallGoin' on shopping sprees perpetrating Telling your friends that you be ballin'And then you use my cell phone (phone)Callin' whoever that you think's at homeAnd then when the bill comesAll of a sudden you be acting dumbDon't know where none of these calls come fromWhen your momma's number's here more than once

[Kelly:]You triflin', good for nothing type of brotherSilly me, why haven't I found another?A baller, when times get hardI need someone to help me outInstead of a scrub like youWho don't know what a man's about

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge]You triflin', good for nothing type of brotherOh silly me, why haven't I found anotherYou triflin', good for nothing type of brotherOh silly me, why haven't I found anotherYou triflin', good for nothing type of brotherOh silly me, why haven't I found anotherYou triflin', good for nothing type of brotherOh silly me, why haven't I found another

[Repeat Chorus 4 times]

Explanation The reason I picked this song is because it talks about paying bills and how hard it is to get them paid

Event support On pg.'s 111-112 Cassie

and Mr. Barnett getting into a argument this is event support because it helped cassie realize what the world is really like

Lyrics the song lyrics

[Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain’t never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn’t heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything

[Verse 1]Uh, and we ain’t get exploitedWhite man ain’t feared so he did not destroy itWe ain’t work for free, see they had to employ itBuilt it up together so we equally appointedFirst 400 years, see we actually enjoyed itConstitution written by the W.E.B. Du BoisWere no reconstructions, Civil War got avoidedLittle black Sambo grows up to be a lawyerExtra extra on the news standsBlack woman voted head of Ku Klux KlanMalcolm Little dies as a old manMartin Luther King read the eulogy for himFollowed by Bill O’Reilly who read from the QuranPresident Bush sends condolences from IranWhere FOX News reports liveThat Ahmadinejad wins Mandela peace prize

[Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain’t never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn’t heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything

[Verse 2]Uh, and it ain’t no projectsKeepin it real is not an understood conceptYea, complexion’s not a contest

Cause racism has no contextHip hop ain’t got a section called consciousEverybody rappin’ like crack never happenedCrips never occurred no Bloods to attack themMatter of fact no hood to attack inSomalia is a great place to relax inFred Astaire was the first to do a backspinThe Rat Pack was cool group of black menThat inspired five white guys called The JacksonsEminem fitted in but then again he inspired a black rapper tryin to mimic himAnd that’s what really rose up out of Michigan, the sign of white rapper by the name of 50 Cent, ha!

[Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain’t never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn’t heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything

[Verse 3]Uh, and I know it’s just a fantasyI cordially invite you to ask why can’t it be?Now we can do nothing bout the pastBut we can do something about the future that we haveWe can make fast or we can make it lastEvery woman Queenin’ and every man a Kingin’When those color lines come we can’t see betweenWe just close our eyes ’til it’s all black every-THING!

[Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain’t never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn’t heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything

Explanation

I picked this song because the song talks about how racism affects people

Event support

On pg.114 Cassie getting pushed by mister Simms is event support because it helps open her eyes to how the world really is which makes her a stronger individual

Lyrics the song racist Where did you go? Where did you run to?

Couldn’t find you, ohWhy did you leave? If you were unhappyShould’ve told me, ohWe can’t go on running away fromOur problems, ohThe damage is done, we can’t just fix itAnd wish it all away

Another try would be a waste of timeWe say goodbye or we decide if we can fall in love again

(If we can fall in love, if we can love again?)Again and again and again we pretend we can fall(If we can fall in love, if we can love again?)Again and again and again we pretend we’re in love

All of your friends keeping your secrets from me, ohMeans to an end, you should be closer to me, ohIf we can’t share every emotion every passion, ohWe should prepare for the commotion of wishing it all away

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Now I Ain’t saying it ain’t worth itWe’ve been so good for each otherBut when the truth becomes the biggest lieWe could keep pushing each other away

Another try would be a waste of timeWe say goodbye or we decide if we can fall in love again

Explanation

I picked this song because it talks about pushing each other

Symbol support

The car is a symbol support because it showed that I can own the same car because you not special

Lyrics the song car

Too many screamersWearing a maskToo many dreamersLooking for the ones that last

Too many eyesLooking for hopeToo many tears Looking for a way to copeIt's no joke

It's just a sad songThat pulls you along yeahIt's just a sad songAnd it won't take long

Too many thoughtsBreaking your strideToo many jekyllsFeeling like a mr. hyde

Too many cloudsDarken your dayToo many rain dropsFalling on your thunder bayEverydayYeah

It's just a sad songThat pulls you along yeahIt's just a sad songAnd you're getting it onIt's just a sad songThat pulls you along

It's just a sad songAnd it won't take long

Too many heartachesWaiting to strikeToo many clownsSaying everything's all right

Too many firesScorching your mindToo many preachersSaying what you should findJust see the signs

It's just a sad songThat pulls you along yeahIt's just a sad songAnd it won't take long

It's just a sad songIt pulls you alongIt's just a sad songAnd it won't take long

It's just a sad song A sad song yeah

It's just a sad songAnd you're getting it on

It's just a sad songSad songIt's just a sad songAnd it won't take long

Explanation

The reason I picked this song is because it talks about cars

Event support

On pg.247 Tj getting beat up towards the end of the story is event support because it helped all the kids to understand that the night men were no joke witch made them a stronger individual

Lyrics the song yeah,yeah sometimes life it takes you by the hair

It pulls you down before you know itIt’s gone and you’re dead again.I’ve been in places and I won’t pretendThat I'd make it out just to fall on my head

Wake up strange and take the walk downstairsHit the pawn up on the corner and pay for my rentYou know that I could not believe my own truthJust show them what I choose, got nothing to lose

Yeah yeah and it’s O.K.I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way.Yeah yeah and I’m alright.I took a sip of something poisoned but I’ll hold on tight.

You know those days when you want to just chooseTo not get out of bed, you're lost in your head again.You play the game but you kind of cut’Cause you’re coming down hard and your joints are all stuck.I tried to say that’s not the only wayI never knew if I could face myself to change.You were pacing I was insecure.Slip and fall, I got the calls from the prison I've

been living in.

Yeah yeah and it’s O.K.I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way.Yeah yeah and I’m alright.I took a sip of something poisoned but I’ll hold on tight.

Yeah yeah and it’s O.K.I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way.Yeah yeah and I’m alright.I took a sip of something poisoned,Took a sip of something poisoned, poisoned.

Yeah yeah and it’s O.K.I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way.Yeah yeah and I’m alright.I took a sip of something poisoned but I’ll hold on tight.

Yeah yeah and it’s O.K.I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way.Yeah yeah and I’m alright.I took a sip of something poisoned, took a sip of something poisoned, poisoned

Explanation

The reason I picked this song is because it talks about people getting beat up

Event support

on pg. 246 TJ RW and Melvin Stealing from the merchant stand in strawberry is event support because when they get caught it show them how bad the consequences are for stealing which makes them stronger

Lyrics ever got caught stealing

My girl, she's one too.She'll go and get her a skirt. Stick it under her shirt. She grabbed a razor for me. And she did it just like that. When she wants something, andShe don't want to pay for it.

She'll walk right through the door. Walk right through the door.Hey all right! If I get by, it's mine.Mine all mine!

We sat around the pile. We sat and laughed. We sat and laughed andWaved it into the air! And we did it just like that. When we want something, andWe don't want to pay for it.

We walk right through the door. Walk right through the door. Hey, all right! If I get by, it's mine,Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mineIt's mine

Explanation

The reason I picked this song is because it talks about people getting caught stealing

Event support

On pg. 84 Stacy and the rest of them going on to the Wallace store made them stronger because they got to see how the Wallace really were

Lyrics the song realize

[V1:] Take time to realize,That your warmth is crashing down on in.Take time to realize,That I am on your sideDidn't I, Didn't I tell you.

But I can't spell it out for you,No it's never gonna be that simpleNo I can't spell it out for you

[C:] If you'd just realize what I just realized,Then we'd be perfect for each otherAnd we'll never find anotherJust realize what I just realizedWe'd never have to wonder ifWe missed out on each other now.

[V2:] Take time to realizeOh-oh I'm on your sideDidn't I, didn't I tell you.Take time to realizeThat this all could pass you byDidn't I tell you

But I can't spell it out for you,No its never gonna be that simpleNo I can't spell it out for you.

[C:] If you'd just realize what I just realizedThen we'd be perfect for each other

And we'll never find anotherJust realize what I just realizedWe'd never have to wonder ifWe missed out on each other but..

[V3:] It's not the sameNo it's never the sameIf you don't feel it too.If you meet me half wayIf you would meet me half way.It could be the same for you.

[C:] If you'd just realize what I just realizedThen we'd be perfect for each otherAnd we'll never find anotherJust realize what I just realizedWe'd never have to wonder

Just realize what I just realizedIf you'd just realize what I just realized

OoOoOOo

Missed out on each other nowMissed out on each other now, yeah

RealizeRealizeRealizeRealize

Explanation

I picked this song because it talks about people realizing things for the first time