Teneia

Our Rebellious Hearts (feat. Rita Brent)

By Teneia and Rita Brent

Verse 1
Hey, hey, hey! We are a revolution
Let the classroom start today (start today)
Get your notebooks open, pencils sharpen, we’re gonna study love and pain
From the building tops to the (never-ending free world)
Wild women lead the way.
Read the script to tear down
Every little skyline and reinvent in your own way and use it.
Uh- uh-
Uh- uh-
(Our rebellious hearts) Use it.
Uh- uh-
Uh- uh-
(Our rebellious hearts)

Verse 2
Hey, hey, hey! We are a revolution
Let the choir start singing today (singing today)
Get in harmony with the melody to transition before the break (down)
From the mountaintop to the (never-ending free world)
Wild women lead the way.
Let the tempo slow down
Let’s all go now and reinvent in our own way and use it.
Dancing in the middle. Uh- uh-
Dancing in the moonlight. Uh- uh-
Dancing in the stories of our lives
(Our rebellious hearts) Use it.
Dancing in the middle. Uh- uh-
Dancing in the moonlight. Uh- uh-
Dancing in the stories of our lives
(Our rebellious hearts)

Rap (by Rita Brent)
Hey Hey Hey
From Maya A. to ‘Yonce
From Meg’ Thee Stallion to Melinda Gates
We run the gamut, Didn’t come to play
Send the bat signal
We save the day
I’m nurturing but don’t push me
(It’s) My body my autonomy.
Try to hush us
We gone step up
Plan A ain’t no backup
Empowerment is our element
Protesting in the elements
You bring the heat
We walk through the fire
Calm in the storm
No ark required
The wilder the better
The woman
Respect her
No evolution
Without revolution
Love transfusion
That’s a resolution

Final Chorus
Our rebellious hearts
Our rebellious hearts
Our rebellious hearts
Our rebellious hearts

A1 Level Words

start
verb
to begin doing something
study
verb
to learn about a subject, usually at school

A2 Level Words

free
adjective
not being controlled by anyone or anything
hey
exclamation
used to get someone’s attention or express strong emotion
hush
verb
to make someone be quiet
pain
noun
hurt caused by an injury
storm
noun
a strong, negative reaction to something or someone
wild
adjective
very energetic and not controlled

B1 Level Words

calm
adjective
not worried or afraid; relaxed
required
verb
to be necessary
respect
verb
to show polite behavior toward someone or because they are important
step up
phrasal verb
to increase what you are doing to try to achieve something
tear down
phrasal verb
to purposefully destroy something

B2 Level Words

backup
noun
alternative
choir
noun
a group of people who sing together
elements
noun
the weather, especially bad weather
evolution
noun
change or adaptation over time
protesting
verb
to publicly show you disagree with someone or something
revolution
noun
a very important change in the way people think or do things
script
verb
to express or show support for a something

C1 Level Words

rebellious
adjective
refusing to follow the rules because you disagree with them
sharpened
verb
to make or become sharp

C2 Level Words

melody
noun
an identifiable series of notes in song
resolution
noun
the solution to a problem
transition
verb
to change from one way of doing things to another

Other Words

autonomy
noun
the right to govern or make decisions for yourself
ain’t
short form
are not
bat signal
a sign for help (originally from the Batman comics and movies)
bring the heat
to try to pressure or force someone to do something
empowerment
noun
the process of gaining freedom or power to do what you want
run the gamut
verb
to show the whole range of something
gonna
short form
going to
get in harmony with
phrase
make your mind and actions work well with
lead the way
phrase
go first to show the route
Maya A
Maya Angelou
a famous American writer/poet and civil rights activist
Meg’ thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion, an American rapper
Melinda Gates
an American philanthropist and businesswomen
mountaintop
noun
the highest part of a mountain
nurturing
adj.
to providing comfort, protection, or support
reinvent
verb
to remake or redo
skyline
noun
an outline of buildings against the background of the sky
tempo
noun
the rate of speed
transfusion
transitive verb
to cause to pass from one to another
the wilder the better
phrase
to be less restrained is better
‘Yonce
short form for Beyoncé
a famous American singer-songwriter and businesswoman

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