Song 4: Forward
All:
(students get into 2 military-style formations on either side of the coach – Stems on one and Artsies on the other. When they are in formation the music and singing starts. There is very little intro.)
Forward, the direction I’m choosing now will take me
Toward a phenomenal destiny
Forward, I will never forget the ones who help me do it
While I’m moving to it, moving forward
Coach:
One day is coming
sooner than you think, and you ought to meet it running
running for the prize – you can win it if you know
where you’re coming from and where you want to go
where you’re coming from is the people that help you
the people that push you to get up and go through
whatever you must do to be your best self
I will push you because I believe in you
Artsy S:
But I don’t really want to do this, coach.
Coach:
But what you do want is self-control
Artsy S:
I want to have fun. I can work later.
Coach:
Put work first and fun becomes greater
People with self-control live better
They love life more and become the go-getters
Artsy S:
Yeah, that’s just what my folks keep telling me,
I better listen then, because I want to move
All:
Forward, the direction I’m choosing now will take me
Toward a phenomenal destiny
Forward, I will never forget the ones who help me do it
While I’m moving to it, moving forward
I will spread my wings and soar
Wings from those who’ve gone before
From these seeds and roots I’ll rise
To the very skies
PE S:
One day I want to play in the NBA, never mind I’m a girl, I don’t care what they say
Dropping 3s, all net, all day like Curry from the outside firing away
Artsy S:
One day I want to make animation, and put my movies on internet stations
I want to make effects that seem real, and make 3D you can smell and feel
Stem S:
One day I want to build a device like a seesaw that would make heat from the ice
And make ice from the heat of the sun, if it’s cold or it’s hot, my device is the one, y’all
Coach:
One day is coming, sooner than you think you’ll be grown for real, don’t blink
So as you make your way, respect the folks that push you everyday because they help you move
Ensemble -Group A
Forward, the direction I’m choosing now will take me toward a phenomenal destiny
Forward, I will never forget the ones who help me do it, as I’m moving to it, moving forward
Group B
I will spread my wings and soar - Wings from those who’ve gone before
From these seeds and roots I’ll rise - To the very skies
All:
Forward, the direction I’m choosing now will take me
Toward a phenomenal destiny
Forward, I will never forget the ones who help me do it
While I’m moving to it, moving forward
(Pause for applause. At Coach’s cue, students resume their work but now on their separate sides. Coach leaves.)
Stem S:
(full steam ahead music comes in.)
Man, this is going to be the best project ever.
Artsy S:
Except for mine.
Stem S:
And mine.
Artsy S:
And mine. What is that anyway. That’s just plain ugly.
Stem S:
Yeah? Well when I’m done with it, it’ll work. Unlike yours.
Artsy S:
Yeah, we’ll see. Full steam ahead soldier.
(the lights go down to the full steam ahead music playing)