Ian Patterson songs
With the current wave of senseless knife crimes taking place in London, my Canons High School students won a commission recently from the Harrow Youth Council to compose a song speaking against youth knife crime.
I conducted a workshop with them for a few hours in term break and they came up with this completely original song.
The band recorded it with some help from me on guitar and a Dad on drums. The singers then added their parts pretty much first take.
Last Friday they successfully performed it for the CEO of the Council and the Minister for Police.
I will refine the mix over the next few days and get it out there. It is our way of trying to reach those kids that are stupidly carrying knives, and taking innocent lives.
We dedicated this to my students' dear friend, Kiaran Prince, who tragically lost his life when he was fatally stabbed trying to protect another student outside a neighbouring school last year.
WALK AWAY
Don?t waste your life
Walk away boy
Don?t waste your life
Walk away boy
How many times does somebody gotta get through to you
You don?t seem to understand what you do
All the pain and all the hurt is caused all by you
You don?t realise what families are going through (repeat)
There are two ways for your life to get wasted.
Shottin?grades plottin? on yards getting raided.
It seems everyone?s two faced behind foundation
And teens prefer crime to education.
It seems to get paper, though its not A4
Everybody?s on the grind like skateboards
You get a little bit, then you wanna make more.
Then you realize its fake, its not pure.
Actually, its pure. Its not fake.
I Understand for some guys that can?t wait.
You think its tough doing a 9 to 5
Imagine doing a 9 till 8,
Showin? no fear on their face,
But they?re nervous ?cause you're carrying the weight
Then again I told them its not worth it
But I ain?t wearing their shoes
To go down their path way .
Don?t act foolish, you don?t have to do this
You walk with a knife, it shows that you?re stupid
Listen to the music, violence is a nuisance
There?s no need, guaranteed you gonna bleed
You Mama is on her knees, screaming ?God please!?
Too many bad vibes, I can feel it in the breeze
And it floats and it chokes me, I feel it in me slowly
The way things are going, you won?t reach 40.
The weight on your shoulders, you can tell it?s all over
Now he?s realised, this life ain?t kosher
In the daily news, you can see him on a poster
His friend looks at him trying to hold his composure
It?s clear he?s gonna spend his life all in a prison
That?s just another kid just trapped in the system
So listen don?t put yourself in that position
I know you don?t wanna end up as a victim
How many times does somebody gotta get through to you
You don?t seem to understand what you do
All the pain and all the hurt is caused all by you,
You don?t realise what families are going through.
Don?t waste your life
Walk away, walk away (repeat and fade)
I conducted a workshop with them for a few hours in term break and they came up with this completely original song.
The band recorded it with some help from me on guitar and a Dad on drums. The singers then added their parts pretty much first take.
Last Friday they successfully performed it for the CEO of the Council and the Minister for Police.
I will refine the mix over the next few days and get it out there. It is our way of trying to reach those kids that are stupidly carrying knives, and taking innocent lives.
We dedicated this to my students' dear friend, Kiaran Prince, who tragically lost his life when he was fatally stabbed trying to protect another student outside a neighbouring school last year.
WALK AWAY
Don?t waste your life
Walk away boy
Don?t waste your life
Walk away boy
How many times does somebody gotta get through to you
You don?t seem to understand what you do
All the pain and all the hurt is caused all by you
You don?t realise what families are going through (repeat)
There are two ways for your life to get wasted.
Shottin?grades plottin? on yards getting raided.
It seems everyone?s two faced behind foundation
And teens prefer crime to education.
It seems to get paper, though its not A4
Everybody?s on the grind like skateboards
You get a little bit, then you wanna make more.
Then you realize its fake, its not pure.
Actually, its pure. Its not fake.
I Understand for some guys that can?t wait.
You think its tough doing a 9 to 5
Imagine doing a 9 till 8,
Showin? no fear on their face,
But they?re nervous ?cause you're carrying the weight
Then again I told them its not worth it
But I ain?t wearing their shoes
To go down their path way .
Don?t act foolish, you don?t have to do this
You walk with a knife, it shows that you?re stupid
Listen to the music, violence is a nuisance
There?s no need, guaranteed you gonna bleed
You Mama is on her knees, screaming ?God please!?
Too many bad vibes, I can feel it in the breeze
And it floats and it chokes me, I feel it in me slowly
The way things are going, you won?t reach 40.
The weight on your shoulders, you can tell it?s all over
Now he?s realised, this life ain?t kosher
In the daily news, you can see him on a poster
His friend looks at him trying to hold his composure
It?s clear he?s gonna spend his life all in a prison
That?s just another kid just trapped in the system
So listen don?t put yourself in that position
I know you don?t wanna end up as a victim
How many times does somebody gotta get through to you
You don?t seem to understand what you do
All the pain and all the hurt is caused all by you,
You don?t realise what families are going through.
Don?t waste your life
Walk away, walk away (repeat and fade)
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