Red Line 4, Coursebook

twenty-one 21 C New York songs 1 Before you start Before you listen to the songs and read the lyrics, think: What songs about places (cities, towns, countries) do you know? An open letter to NYC, by the Beastie Boys Dear New York, I hope you’re doing well. I know a lot’s happened, and you’ve been through hell. So, we give thanks for providing a home, through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves. (Chorus:) Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten, from the Battery to the top of Manhattan, Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin, Black, White, New York, you make it happen. … Shout out the South Bronx, where my mom hails from, right next to High Bridge, across from Harlem. To the Grand Concourse, where my mom and dad met, before they moved on down to the Upper West. I see you’re still strong, after all that’s gone on, life long we dedicate this song. Just a little something to show some respect, to the city that blends and mends and tests. Since 9/11 we’re still livin’, and lovin’ life we’ve been given. Ain’t nothing gonna take that away from us, we’re lookin’ pretty and gritty, ’cause in the city we trust. Dear New York, I know a lot has changed, two towers down but you’re still in the game. Home to the many, rejecting no one, accepting peoples of all places, wherever they’re from. Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten, from the Battery to the top of Manhattan, Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin, Black, White, New York, you make it happen. Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten, … The Beastie Boys 5 10 15 20 25 Text 1 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv