One Nation
The Heart of America
Group: We get up each morning’ and greet our new day. We know that we’re free to be living’ our
way.
We’re free to be saying’ what we want to say. We’re happy we’re living’ in our USA.
Refrain:
We’re living’ in the heart, in the heart of America.
We’re living’ in the heart, in the heart of America.
We’re living’ in the heart, in the heart of America.
We’re living’ in the heart, in the heart of America.
We live in a land where our dreams can come true.
A country with choices for me and for you.
A place where our freedom will always shine through.
We’re happy to live with the red, white, and blue.
Refrain
(4X) (Stomp – Stomp) Listen to the heart beat!
(3X) America (group answers)
The heart!
America, the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
O beautiful for Pilgrim feet, whose stern impassioned stress
A thorough-fare for freedom beat across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
Declaration
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,
That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Oh. We hold these truths.
We the People
We the People of the United States,
in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense,
promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessing of Liberty
to ourselves and our Posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.
For the United States of America.
We the People. We the People.
Oh. We the People. We the People.
We the People. Oh.
The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, say! Can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Allegiance Rap
Liberty and Justice. (4X)
I pledge allegiance for the flag of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands,
One nation under God
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all, liberty and justice for all.
Liberty and Justice. (4X)
Repeat pledge in two part phrases.
For all!
American Tears
Group/Solo: Sometimes I think about America.
About her struggles through the years.
I think of people who did what they had to do
With the strength to act through their fears.
Sometimes I think about America.
About her future and her past.
I know I’m blessed to be living in liberty
In a land where freedom will last.
Refrain: For the heroes. For the patriots. For the soldiers. For all the pioneers
I will always be an American. And I’ll always cry American tears.
Sometimes I think about America. About her people’s legacy.
I wonder if they knew that what they had to do would be known throughout history.
Sometimes I think about America. About her pain along the way.
I know it had to be for our democracy, for the world we live in today.
Refrain: For the heroes. For the patriots. For the soldiers. For all the pioneers
I will always be an American. And I’ll always cry American tears.
Yes, I will always be an American! And I’ll always cry American tears.
Group: American tears.
An Upstanding Citizen
Part 1:
My momma told me that I should be an upstanding citizen.
My momma told me that I should be outstanding in my life.
She said that I should always tell the truth and when I do,
My character, integrity, and honor will shine through.
My momma told me that I should be an upstanding citizen.
My momma told me that I should be outstanding in my life.
Part 2:
Listen to your mamma, be an upstanding citizen.
Listen, be outstanding in your life.
Oh! Mamma knows what’s best for you, it’s true.
Oh! Be upstanding in all you do.
Oh! Listen to your mamma, be an upstanding citizen.
Listen, be outstanding in your life.
Mamma told me! Oh yes, she told me! I should be an up, up, up, upstanding citizen!
Momma told me! Oh yes, she told me I should be outstanding in my life!
Outstanding in my life! Momma!
(2X)
One Nation
Maybe we’re not the same color. Maybe we’re not the same race.
Maybe we don’t have the same beliefs or live in the same kind of place.
Maybe we think we’re too different. Maybe that’s simply not true.
Maybe I also have hopes and dreams, and maybe I share them with you, share with you, oh!
Refrain:
We are one nation, yes, we are one land!
Together in freedom, united we stand! Oh!
We are one nation, yes, we are one land!
Together in freedom, united we stand! Oh!
We are a rainbow of people. We have our own history.
We share a nation with common bonds, a nation where people are free.
We know that freedom is precious. We know the cost is extreme.
We share commitment and gratitude; we share our American Dream, share our Dream, oh!
Refrain: