Monday, September 24, 2007

With My Own Two Hands- To be done on Tuesday

Tell us how many lines and stanzas are in this song.

In stanza 4, what does Ben Harper challenge the person he is singing to to do? Who do you think he is singing to?

There is one phrase that is repeated over and over in this song. Why does Ben Harper do this? What is the key message of this song?

Make a list of all the words in the song that rhyme.Do you agree with Ben Harper that it is possible for one person to change the world?

How can you make the world better by the way that you live your life?

MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS! ALSO, MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE A LYRICS COMPARISON FOR THIS SONG AND A SONG OF YOUR CHOICE!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

My name is jeremy wilson.There are 7 stanzas and 82 lines.He is telling his girl friend to hold him.To let you know it is important.You can change the world.Place and race.I agree that it is possible to change the world.You can recicl or clean up trash.

Anonymous said...

Hi my name is kendra aka nwe-new and the song with my own two hands is kind off corney. Ido not like it more than umbrella or chris brown say good by. in stanza 4 Ben Haper challenged the person person he is singing to by he told her he can hold her and comfort her with his own two hands and then he says you hane to use your own two hands to.The word that was repeated was use your own. some rymeying words are imgoing to make a saferplace im going tomake a lighter place im going to help the human race. the world could be better with no vilence.

Anonymous said...

hi miss.karns its rachel there r 8 stanzas &81 lines. he can hold him with his own 2 hands but the olther guy has to use his own 2 hands. he trying to get through that u have to use ur own 2 hands.none of the words ryme and yes i do agree with him.because if u liter your making the earth a un safe and bad invirment but if u do good and helf people out they will respect u and keeping the enviorment good and clean.

Anonymous said...

In this song there are 8 stanzas and there are 82 lines.He challenge the person that he can hold them with his own two hands but they got to use their own two hands to.I think he is singing to his girlfriend or friend.The phrase that is repeated over and over is Use your own.Ben Harper dose that cause he telling them to use their own hands.Some words that rhyme in this song two and you,place and race.No I dont agree with him because you cant change the whole world but you change your world and the way you are.You can make your world better by being nice to people and respect others if you want respect back.
Jada Parsons

Anonymous said...

1.81 lines and 8 stanzas

2.use his own two hands.he might be talking to his friend.

3. "use your own."he says it over and over so he lets you know it is important.the key message in the song is that we can make the world a better place.

4.safer place+human race.human race+better place.

5.clean up.
-greg tenaglia

Anonymous said...

There arte 7 stanzas and81 lines in stanzas 4 he changes his singing by saying it in a different tone. His wife or girl friend. Cause thats what hes tring to make sure she knows that he can hold her in her 2 hands.

there is safer place and human race.no because you have to have a group of people and have a meeting to change the world. By telling peopleto stop litering.

by karlie scott

Anonymous said...

He is telling us to use our own two hands. He want us to remember to use our own to hands and i think he is talking to us.place, race. By juwan A.K.A J-money

Anonymous said...

There arte 7 stanzas and81 lines in stanzas 4 he changes his singing by saying it in a different tone. His wife or girl friend. Cause thats what hes tring to make sure she knows that he can hold her in her 2 hands.

there is safer place and human race.no because you have to have a group of people and have a meeting to change the world. By telling peopleto stop litering.

by karlie scott

Anonymous said...

TAMAR BRYANT
in this song as 7 stanzas.
use your own.he did it because it is importin.place,race.no,because if that was ture the would be a batter place by now.no.

Anonymous said...

TO use your own two hands and he is proplly talking to his girlfriend. it is my own two hands he saids that because he wants people to know if they keep tring they can do it. the message is to can do it if you tring.some are safer place and human race. yes but if you want toyou have yo keep on tring and bleavaeing in your self.we can get more stuff and make more laws and help the homeless

By Joshua Burrell

Anonymous said...

There are 81 lines.There are 8 stanzas.He's talking to the world.So he can get message across the reader.No he does'nt do this.

corey

Anonymous said...

My name is jeremy wilson.There are 7 stanzas and 82 lines.He is telling his girl friend to hold him.To let you know it is important.You can change the world.Place and race.I agree that it is possible to change the world.You can recicl or clean up trash.

September 25, 2007 8:11 AM


Anonymous said...
Hi my name is kendra aka nwe-new and the song with my own two hands is kind off corney. Ido not like it more than umbrella or chris brown say good by. in stanza 4 Ben Haper challenged the person person he is singing to by he told her he can hold her and comfort her with his own two hands and then he says you hane to use your own two hands to.The word that was repeated was use your own. some rymeying words are imgoing to make a saferplace im going tomake a lighter place im going to help the human race. the world could be better with no vilence.

September 25, 2007 8:12 AM


Anonymous said...
hi miss.karns its rachel there r 8 stanzas &81 lines. he can hold him with his own 2 hands but the olther guy has to use his own 2 hands. he trying to get through that u have to use ur own 2 hands.none of the words ryme and yes i do agree with him.because if u liter your making the earth a un safe and bad invirment but if u do good and helf people out they will respect u and keeping the enviorment good and clean.

September 25, 2007 8:13 AM


Anonymous said...
In this song there are 8 stanzas and there are 82 lines.He challenge the person that he can hold them with his own two hands but they got to use their own two hands to.I think he is singing to his girlfriend or friend.The phrase that is repeated over and over is Use your own.Ben Harper dose that cause he telling them to use their own hands.Some words that rhyme in this song two and you,place and race.No I dont agree with him because you cant change the whole world but you change your world and the way you are.You can make your world better by being nice to people and respect others if you want respect back.
Jada Parsons

September 25, 2007 8:14 AM


Anonymous said...
1.81 lines and 8 stanzas

2.use his own two hands.he might be talking to his friend.

3. "use your own."he says it over and over so he lets you know it is important.the key message in the song is that we can make the world a better place.

4.safer place+human race.human race+better place.

5.clean up.
-greg tenaglia

September 25, 2007 8:16 AM


Anonymous said...
There arte 7 stanzas and81 lines in stanzas 4 he changes his singing by saying it in a different tone. His wife or girl friend. Cause thats what hes tring to make sure she knows that he can hold her in her 2 hands.

there is safer place and human race.no because you have to have a group of people and have a meeting to change the world. By telling peopleto stop litering.

by karlie scott

September 25, 2007 8:16 AM


Anonymous said...
He is telling us to use our own two hands. He want us to remember to use our own to hands and i think he is talking to us.place, race. By juwan A.K.A J-money

September 25, 2007 8:16 AM


Anonymous said...
There arte 7 stanzas and81 lines in stanzas 4 he changes his singing by saying it in a different tone. His wife or girl friend. Cause thats what hes tring to make sure she knows that he can hold her in her 2 hands.

there is safer place and human race.no because you have to have a group of people and have a meeting to change the world. By telling peopleto stop litering.

by karlie scott

September 25, 2007 8:16 AM


Anonymous said...
TAMAR BRYANT
in this song as 7 stanzas.
use your own.he did it because it is importin.place,race.no,because if that was ture the would be a batter place by now.no.

September 25, 2007 8:18 AM


Anonymous said...
TO use your own two hands and he is proplly talking to his girlfriend. it is my own two hands he saids that because he wants people to know if they keep tring they can do it. the message is to can do it if you tring.some are safer place and human race. yes but if you want toyou have yo keep on tring and bleavaeing in your self.we can get more stuff and make more laws and help the homeless

By Joshua Burrell

September 25, 2007 8:18 AM


Anonymous said...
There are 81 lines.There are 8 stanzas.He's talking to the world.So he can get message across the reader.No he does'nt do this.

corey

September 25, 2007 8:20 AM