Thursday, July 4, 2013

To be American

In 2003, I recorded a song called To Be American.  In it, I ask "what does it mean when you say I'm an American"?  Rather than answering that question myself, I traveled to the Center for Inquiry - a magnet school in Indianapolis Public Schools - and posed this question to 4th grade students.  I took their responses and used them as lyrics for the song.  

Years later, I'm still proud of this song.  I love the fact that it's written from the genuine perspective of 9 and 10 year old children.  Those kids are adults now, and hopefully, they still feel the same about living in this country as they did 10 years ago.