Clairton Song

Yesterday's blog (see below) told of Hines Ward's visit to Clairton High School. Together he and the students at CHS wrote a song about the city. The words follow. It can be accessed on Youtube. See the link in the previous post below.

Lyrics to the song "City of Prayer" written and performed about the City of Clairton by Clairton student Carlton Dennis with Heidi Rojas from the USA Network show "Characters Unite":

Welcome to my city Miller Ave is the spot
Come to Neil C. Brown where the Bears are always hot
As we form together, its one big team
See nothing can stop us, from reaching our dreams
A lot of people say that our city is bad
They say our city is dying and our community is sad
But we can change all that, use our thoughts for the better
To find some way to put our city back together
Come together as a helping hand, stand side-by-side all women and man
And people look at our city as a stereotype
But 'til you come here man you dont know what its like, sing it:

I know your pain, I've been there before
But you don't have to live that story
We can survive, take my hand in yours
United we are one in the City of Prayer
City of Prayer, City of Prayer
United we are one in the City of Prayer

Perfection and love is when we all come together
When the races are the same and the color doesn't matter
When people treat their neighbors with dignity and kindness
It brings light to our society's blindness
And give a hand to the needy, give hope to the poor
Spread love proudly and open up your door
There's so many ways we can all act more mature
If we all come together we will win I am sure
All these characters welcome the wrong characters
Showing the wrong character, claiming the wrong character
But see we just can't stand here and fight
We have to come together, all characters unite:

I know your pain, I've been there before
But you don't have to live that story
We can survive, take my hand in yours
United we are one in the City of Prayer
City of Prayer, City of Prayer
United we are one in the City of Prayer
City of Prayer, City of Prayer
United we are one in the City of Prayer

We gotta come together, all...all
We gotta come together, all characters unite
all...all...we gotta come together, all characters unite:

I know your pain, I've been there before
But you don't have to live that story
We can survive, take my hand in yours
United we are one in the City of Prayer
City of Prayer, City of Prayer
United we are one in the City of Prayer

We gotta come together
City of Prayer, City of Prayer
We gotta come together
United we are one in the City of Prayer