The second Mission!!

Hello again! Today I want to tell you about my second mission in this blog (the first one was the introduction). This mission is: to post the lyrics of a song I like (in english). I have to tell you why I have chosen this song, and then I will tell you a little bit about the band/singer. Here we go!

The song that I have chosen is.....

Colours of the Wind – Vanessa Willliams

You think I'm an ignorant savage

and you've been so many places

I guess it must be so, but still I can not see

If the savage one is me

How can there be so much that you don't know

You think you own whatever land you land on

the earth is just a dead thing you can claim

But I know every rock and tree and creature

Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people

Are the people who look and think like you

But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger

You learn things you never knew

You never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?

Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?

Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth

Come roll in all the riches all around you

And for once never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the rivers are my brothers

And the heron and the otter are my friends

And we are all connected to each other

In a circle in a hoop that never ends

How high does the sycamore grow

If you cut it down, then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the wolf cry

To the blue corn moon

For whether we are white or copper-skinned

We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains

Need to paint with all the colours of the wind

You can own the Earth and still all you'll own is earth

Until you can paint with all the colours of the wind

This lyrics belongs to the movie “Pocahontas”.
I have chosen this song because it remembers me when I was a little girl, I used to watch this movie, I love Pocahontas and all the songs that appear in the movie, specially this song.
My favorite part was when Pocahontas went to see the old tree to talk with it. I have always dreamt of having a conversation with the trees like Pocahontas, maybe you will think I get crazy, but I just want to know what the opinion of the trees about us is….
Well I also like this song because it talks about the nature, the environment and the respect that we have to have with it. I think we have forgotten our relation with all the things that are around us and I like this song because it shows the different views about our lives.
As you can see, the song is a soundtrack, so I will tell you something about the girl who sang this song. She is


Vanessa Williams, she is an African-American singer and she is also an actress.
She became famous in 1983 when she was crowned Miss America. But she decided to be a singer, her first album was “The Right Stuff”(1988) which was a success.
After that welcome, her albums had earned many Grammy Award nominations (around fifteen) and her singles have been accepted by the critics.
She also has appeared in many movies, television programs and in advertisement.
As you can see Vanessa is a many sided woman, but she also have another important role which is to be a mother. She has 4 children!
If you want to know more about her, you are invited to visit her website: http://www.vanessawilliamsmusic.com/

Here is the link where you can see the videoclip. ( I have tried to put the video, but I had technological problems)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkV-of_eN2w

I hope you can enjoy it! =)

Bye!

Dianis!