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Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Student Guide ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Biography Lauryn Noel Hill was born in South Orange, One of the many hits on the album was Hill’s New Jersey, on May 25, 1975. As a high school powerful rendition of Roberta Flack’s classic student, Lauryn was an active cheerleader and song, “Killing Me Softly.” Lauryn launched performer. In 1988, at age 13, she appeared as her solo career in 1998 by releasing Th e an Amateur Night contestant on It’s Showtime Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, another critically at the Apollo. Hill sung her own version of acclaimed album that garnered 10 Grammy Michael Jackson’s song “Who’s Loving You?” Awards nominations in 1999, and won Album Although the audience booed at fi rst, she of the Year. It was a historic feat, setting a new persisted and fi nished her song to applause. record for women in the music industry. In While she did not win, this was only the 2002, Hill released MTV Unplugged 2.0, a live beginning. A few years later, Hill was off ered album of her most brutally honest, heartfelt a role on the soap opera, As Th e World Turns, material, most of which featured just Hill’s and in 1993 she co-starred with Whoopi voice and an acoustic guitar. Goldberg in Sister Act 2. Lauryn Hill has won over 30 awards, Hill joined high school friends Pras Michel including eight Grammys and three World and Wyclef Jean to form Th e Refugee Camp, Best-Selling Music awards, and has worked also known as “Th e Fugees.” Th eir fi rst album, with everyone from John Legend (who plays Blunted on Reality, was released in 1994, and piano on, “Everything Is Everything”), to has since sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Nas, Aretha Franklin, and most recently, Joss Th e group’s second album, Th e Score, was most Stone. She is the mother of four and the wife critically acclaimed, winning multiple awards. of Rohan Marley, the son of the late reggae It sold an unprecedented 18 million copies legend Bob Marley. worldwide, establishing Lauryn, Wyclef, and Pras as musical and entertainment superstars. ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Lyrics Everything Is Everything [Rapping - Verse Two] What is meant to be, will be I philosophy After winter, must come spring Possibly speak tongues Change, it comes eventually Beat drums, Abyssinian, street Baptist (2x) Rap this in fi ne linen, from the beginning My practice extending across the atlas [Singing - Verse One] I begat this I wrote these words for everyone who struggles Flipping in the ghetto on a dirty mattress in their youth You can’t match this rapper slash actress Who won’t accept deception, instead of what More powerful than two Cleopatras is truth Bomb graffi ti on the tomb of Nefertiti It seems we lose the game MCs ain’t ready to take it to the Serengeti Before we even start to play My rhymes is heavy like the mind of sister Who made these rules? (Who made these Betty (Betty Shabazz!) rules?) L-Boogie spars with stars and constellations We’re so confused (We’re so confused) Th en came down for a little conversation Easily led astray Adjacent to the king, fear no human being Let me tell ya that... Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum Now hear this mixture, where Hip Hop meets [Chorus] scripture Everything Is Everything Develop a negative into a positive picture Everything Is Everything After winter, must come spring [Chorus] Everything Is Everything Now Everything Is Everything ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” What is meant to be, will be Everything After winter, must come spring After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually Everything Is Everything [Singing - Verse Th ree] Everything Is Everything Sometimes it seems What is meant to be, will be We’ll touch that dream After winter, must come spring But things come slow or not at all Change, it comes eventually And the ones on top, won’t make it stop So convinced that they might fall Let’s love ourselves and we can’t fail To make a better situation Tomorrow, our seeds will grow All we need is dedication Let me tell ya that... [Chorus] Everything Is Everything Everything Is ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Vocabulary a-c • adjacent – nearby; bordering • astray – off track; lost • atlas – a book of maps • begat – to make or produce • cherubim – small angels, portrayed as children with chubby rosy faces • constellations – a formation of stars perceived as a fi gure or design • conversation – talk • convinced – sure; certain d-k • deception – dishonesty or cheating • dedication – commitment; devotion • eventually – sooner or later; in the end • everything – the whole thing; all things • ghetto – a section of a city occupied by a minority group who lives there because of social, economic, or legal pressure l-z • linen – cloth woven from thread made from the fi ber of the fl ax plant • mixture – blend • scripture – the sacred writings of a religion • situation – circumstances or state of aff airs • spars – argues or fi ghts • slash – a diagonal mark (/) used to separate choices: and/or; rapper/actress • youth – early years of life ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 1 Name: Date: What Can you Do Well? Directions: Lauryn tells us what she does well. Brainstorm four (4) activities or skills that you do well. Draw a picture of you doing one of those activities. Everyone is good at something! Here are 4 things that I do well National Reading Standards Met: Reading for Perspective Evaluation Strategies Communication Skills Communication Strategies ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 2 Name: Date: Fill in the Blanks Directions: Use the Word Bank to fi ll in the blanks. 1. Lauryn Hill uses an ______________ to look at maps of Africa. Word Bank 2. Fifty Cent ________________using words against his fail rival, rapper JaRule. slash 3. When I grow up I want to be a dancer ____________ spars singer. astray 4. We were off track, led _________________ by the wrote person who gave us bad directions. slow 5. It seems we lose the ___________________ before we even start to play. winter game 6. In the ____________________we play in the snow. tomorrow atlas 7. We work hard, but it seems things come __________ or not at all. 8. ___________________ will be better than today. 9. I __________________ these words on a piece of paper. 10. We may _________________ and lose if we don’t work hard. National Reading Standards Met: Evaluation Strategies Applying Knowledge ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 3 Name: Date: Develop a Negative Into a Positive... Directions: Change the negative sentences into positive sentences. Write the new sentence on the line. 1. You can’t stop this rapper slash actress. 2. We can’t do it. 3. They won’t make it stop. 4. MCs ain’t ready to take it. 5. He doesn’t want to help. 6. I don’t think I want to. 7. She didn’t tell me about it. 8. He shouldn’t help her. National Reading Standards Met: Communication Skills Applying Knowledge Applying Language Skills ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 4 Name: Date: Story Boards Directions: You are making a video for Lauryn Hill’s song, “Everything Is Everything.” Use the story boards below to draw the main scenes for your video. What will happen in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end? Beginning Middle Story boards are drawings used by video makers to plan the video before they make it. End National Reading Standards Met: Evaluation Strategies Communication Skills Communication Strategies Applying Language Skills ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 5 Name: Date: Come Correct Directions: Edit each sentence by putting a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence and a period or a question mark at the end of each sentence. 1. i wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth 2. everything is everything 3. we can’t fail to make it better 4. it seems we lose the game before we even start to play 5. who made these rules 6. we’ll touch that dream 7. all we need is dedication National Reading Standards Met: Evaluation Strategies Communication Skills Applying Knowledge ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 6 Name: Date: A noun is a person, Nice nouns place, or thing (girl, house, toaster). Directions: Circle the correct spelling of each noun. Then, draw a picture of each noun in the box. Use a dictionary to help you spell and defi ne each word. 1. seeed sede seed 2. stars starc smars 3. atalas atlas altals 4. mattress matres matress 5. glame game gamme 6. actress actresss acttress 7. kign kang king 8. druum drumm drum 9. linin linen linon National Reading Standards Met: Communication Skills Applying Knowledge ©2007 Educational Lyrics LLC Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” Studio A Lesson 7 Name: Date: WOW Women! Directions: Lauryn Hill compares herself to three women from history. Imagine what each woman might look like and draw a picture of her in the correct box. Cleopatra Nefertiti Betty Shabazz National Reading Standards Met: Understanding the Human Experience NOW use a dictionary, encyclopedia, or the Applying Knowledge Internet to fi nd a picture of each woman.