English Song: Raise It Up

Song: Raise It Up
Artist: Jamia Simone Nash & Impact Repertory Theatre
Movie: August Rush


No father figure in the house
and i'm wonderin' how i'm gonna work it out

oh my friends keep on tellin' me how
i don't need that man but they don't really understand

there's far too many presures in reality
but dealing with the pain and stress and poverty
and i gotta be myself because there's nobody else for me
(ohhhh)

(heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child
(so don't give up)so don't give up
(when presures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you smile
(so raise it up)so raise
(hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways
(so don't give up) so don't give up
(when presures come down)sometimes it seems inpossible and that's why we pray
(so raise it up) we raise

[HOPE] seems to be nothing left for me mommas gone daddy didnt wanna be and now im all by myself wonderin where is love or
should i just give up

life falls down on me, cuts into my soul
but i know i got the strength to make it throgh it all cause im still standin tall
breaking throgh this wall im gonna give my all

[HOPE] feelin like a motherless child hankered into my soul
its bringing me down
cant find my smile on a face of a motherless child
im gonna break down these walls
gonna give it my all ya know
yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
(hang in there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child
(so dont give up)so dont give up

(when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make a smile
(so raise it up) so raise it up
(hang in there with me) raise it up
sometimes it takes another helping hand to show you the way
(so dont give up, when presures come down)
[HOPE] sometimes it seems impossible thats why we pray
SO RAISE IT UP

 

Raise It Up (August Rush song)
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"Raise It Up" is a 2007 (see 2007 in music) Academy Award-nominated song written by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas for the motion picture August Rush. "Raise It Up" is performed in the film by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre, an African-American youth theatre group based in Harlem.[1] The song was produced by Joseph and Mack.[2]

In the film, August Rush (Freddie Highmore) wanders into Harlem and is drawn to a church by the voice of a young soloist named Hope (Nash) singing this song, which inspires him. Hope ultimately brings him to the attention of her pastor, Reverend James (Mykelti Williamson), who helps August further develop his talent.[2]

"Raise It Up" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards; however, the nomination announcement originally said "Nominees to be determined". The production notes credit the song to the Impact Repertory Theatre as a whole[2]; however, Oscar rules allow no more than three individuals to be credited with the song for nomination purposes.[3] (This was the same rule that prevented Beyoncé Knowles from sharing in the Oscar nomination for her 2006 song "Listen" from Dreamgirls, even though she co-wrote it.) The next day, the Academy updated its list to show Joseph, Mack & Thomas as the nominees.[4]

References
 
1. Impact Repertory Theatre website
2. a b c August Rush production notes
3. 80th Academy Awards, Rule 16 (music awards)
4. List of 80th Academy Awards nominees 
 

 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_It_Up_(August_Rush_song)