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Make A Change

by Belle Bourke

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This song was written after I around the time of the events in Ferguson, MO, and specifically after a South Carolina cop shot Walter Scott in the back 8 times for turning his back and running away from him. After watching the news story on this, I sat down on the floor and said "I have no hope" to which my school secretary Jan replied, "don't say that, you write songs... write a song about it." So I did, making the first line of the song "No hope for the nation" in reflection of the way I was feeling that day.

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No hope for the nation
No hope for future generations
Dying to make a stand
The future lies within our hands

Break free from the shadow of your doubt
Break forth when the love has all run out
Come on and let your voice be heard
Come on everybody and spread the word.

Make a change
They’ll know your name
Stand up for what is right
Scream it out
above the crowd
fight with all your might
make a change

We’re gonna rise up in every little town
We won't let this pain get us down
We join hands and overcome the fear
The change is gonna start right here.

Our voices together to drown out the hate
We lay down our arms and start to create
A way for the violence to be erased
Don’t we all come from the same place?

Make a change
They’ll know your name
Stand up for what is right
Scream it out
above the crowd
fight with all your might

Make a change
They’ll know your name
Stand up for what is right
Scream it out
above the crowd
fight with all your might
Make a change
make a change
make a change

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released February 10, 2016

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Belle Bourke Andes, New York

My name is Belle Bourke and I'm 21 years old. I'm from a small town (Andes, NY) where as a senior in highschool, I wrote and recorded my first full song called "Make A Change". My biggest hope for my music is for it to create a change in the world. I hope you enjoy ... more

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