Lean on Me

On Friday, after a week of rehearsing, Amani and I sang Lean on Me for the class. We had told them all to be there for a special treat so we had quite the crowd. Amani actually has quite the voice and so we sounded pretty fantastic, if I do say so myself. The students LOVED it. We just did two verses and the chorus twice. We handed out the lyrics and had them identify words that they knew and words that they didn't know. We talked to them about what the phrase Lean on Me meant. Then we had them sing it with us three times. I have to say that this was probably one of the most amazing moments I have ever experienced. I taught them all actions so that the rowdy boys would get involved. They were all so happy and just beside themselves to be singing. And I think that my very obvious excitement at the whole thing helped too. It was amazing to look out at their beaming faces all joined together in singing. When I pulled out candy at the end of the class session, they all went a bit nuts. We are going to sing again on Monday and I am going to try to take a video of them.

The lyrics we used:
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow

Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long'
Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on