LG Summertive by Long Nguyen https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5 IKWTCBS en-us 2016-10-28 11:50:17 UTC 2016-11-01 11:32:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134369420 A song created by Lyle1324, posted on YouTube. The lyrics of the song is the same as the poem “IKWTCBS” written by Maya Angelou. Basically, the author of this song just add some melody into M.A.’s poem and sing it. The lyrics reflect the theme about struggles in minority’s lives, such as racism, sexism, insecurity, poverty, abuse, etc. and the people who went through them, caged birds. It has the same title as the book “IKWTCBS” and the same author, Maya Angelou. 
I found a detail about gender roles, however, it is not in the song lyrics. So, down below in the description of the video, Lyle1324 wrote: “A young man took his own life last week. I did not know him well, I just sang in a choir with him. I can only hope that choir was a source of peace for him like it is to me. I wont pretend to understand what he went through, but no one deserves to feel so alone at that age. This poem made me think of him so I put it to a tune...” So, the author is a woman and she made this song for the guy that she met and for herself.
]]> 2016-11-01 00:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134369420 "Caged Bird" 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134370698 A song written by Alicia Keys. The song is a recreation from the poem “IKWTCBS” by Maya Angelou. The theme of the song is about outward appearance. “Everyone comes to stare at me / With so much joy and reverie / They don't know how I feel inside / Through my smile, I cry (Keys)”. It is similar to the book “IKWTCBS” because one theme of the book is also about appearance. “Uncle Willie, why do they hate us so much?"
Uncle Willie muttered, "They don't really hate us. They don't know us. How can they hate us? They mostly scared. ( Maya 197)”. So, white people were racist because of the outward appearance of the black people.
]]> 2016-11-01 00:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134370698 "Still I Rise" 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134371791 “Still I Rise” is also a poem written by Maya Angelou. The song “Still I Rise” lyrics is the same as the poem but in a musical melody. The song was created by the owner(s) of the channel “Caged Bird Songs” on YouTube. The poem’s theme is about racism. “You may shoot me with your words, / You may cut me with your eyes, / You may kill me with your hatefulness, / But still, like air, I’ll rise. (Maya)”. The poem also has some sense of gender roles and sexism. “Does my sexiness upset you? / Does it come as a surprise / That I dance like I’ve got diamonds / At the meeting of my thighs? (Maya)” I think that this verse is about the incidence between Maya Angelou when she was a child and Mr. Freeman.]]> 2016-11-01 00:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134371791 "Lead Me Lord" 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134373125 Lead Me Lord is a religious song written and sang by Gary Valenciano. The main theme of the song is about how God lead people in their lives and guide them. The song is related to the book “IKWTCBS” because, in the book, Momma is a very religious person, she praised to God every morning she woke up. “During the picking season my grandmother would get out of bed at four o’clock and creek down to her knees and chant in a sleep-filled voice, "Our Father, thank you for letting me see this New Day ... Jesus Christ, Amen." (Maya 7)” The song is also about waking up and praise in the morning. “Lead me Lord, lead me by the hand / And make me face the rising sun / Comfort me through all the pain / That life may bring / There's no other hope / That I can lean upon (Valenciano)”]]> 2016-11-01 01:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134373125 "Song of the Caged Bird" 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134375191 “Song of the Caged Bird” is a violin song created and performed by Lindsey Stirling. It’s a melody song, it doesn’t have any lyric. The reason why I pick this song is because the overall theme is really well-portrayed in the song. I think the theme of the song is about someone who got “caged” in darkness, and with her talents, she works her way out of the dark and light up her own life. In the song, Stirling’s talents are playing the violin and dancing. As a comparison to Maya Angelou, her professions were literature creator, author, director, and Maya was also a musician and a dancer. ]]> 2016-11-01 01:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134375191 Works Cited MLA 8 Format 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134377372 Lyle1324. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (song)”. YouTube, 1st Version, Lyle1324, 17 Dec. 2012,    
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZE3QeYkV9o.

Alicia Keys. “Caged Bird (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) with Lyrics”. YouTube, 1st Version, alexninopuntocom, 20 Jan. 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rgfO7pY98 

Caged Bird Songs. “Still I Rise (Official Lyric Video) - Caged Bird Songs”. YouTube, 1st Version, Caged Bird Songs, 23 Sep., 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UFMB4i1AJo&list=RD_UFMB4i1AJo 

Gary Valenciano. “Lead Me Lord by Gary Valenciano”. YouTube, 1st Version, Julz Ares, 6 Dec., 2006, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWm6SWu8f9c 

Lindsey Stirling. “Song of the Caged Bird - Lindsey Stirling (Original Song)”. YouTube, 1st Version, Lindsey Stirling, 29 Nov., 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inb8MMZ-QmA 
]]> 2016-11-01 02:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134377372 Thanks For Watching! 00lnguyend https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134378306 2016-11-01 02:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/00lnguyend/zi3qj0t81du5/wish/134378306