DREAMS, DESPACITO was my final project for my Business Communications class. Our task was to present a video about work.
Naturally, I made a music video. I had actually ordered a decent quality camera with which to take the videos, but it didn't arrive on time. So these videos were taken with cell phones and my laptop. This is my first time editing a video, and while the result is very amateurish, I am still proud to have done it at all, and plan on increasing in skill.
This song is a follow up to my song Dreams of 2 years ago, where, as my husband Yoel likes to say, I sat around making sad faces at the camera. But I *was* sad.
Watch the video to find out if I still am!
Thanks to: Chemmie Sokolic, for the music in the beginning and the end. He actually recorded 4 versions of the entire song for me. Karaoke Version, which provided the main music. Christine and Mary, for filming at work. Professor Satangelo, for encouraging creativity during this semester long #MBAPoetry business. And the makers of Despacito, which was the one song that could get me happy during that unhappy time.
LYRICS
Youth, since as a child I wanted to see the world Conquer everything that I could see Then, I thought the world was a map that would be unfurled Sure that it would open up to me
Dreams, I dreamt I would always act upon my will All the doors would open and I’d run through still All the goals I yearned for they would fly to meet me- but then No, turns out things don’t always go as you had planned Bills and complications make their own demands Now instead of roses I have barred doors greet me
Despacito, everything in life will take you despacito Take it all in stride, it will come despacito Keep the dream inside, but know it’s despacito Despacito, keep on working hard, reward is despacito Don’t expect gold stars, a grown-up doesn’t need to Make your vision far, and stretch it despacito
Wish upon a star, but learn to love each step you’re taking It’s another chain you’re breaking, prison doors you’re slowly shaking Blazing in the flames but soon you’re floating through the ashes Suffering leads to compassion; smoldering emboldens passion
I don’t forget the misery When fate was yet a mystery And hope it felt like history Crying for my liberty Don’t despair, just take the pain and and smash it, make it goad you Listen here, the rain it will come crashing, make it hold you
Don’t you know, adversity’s the mother of invention Do you really think you’d like a life of no dissension Living like a child if you live without contention Agony it swells but gives your life dimension This is how it takes you, pain it makes or breaks you Grasp it as it shakes you, don’t let it deflate you All the broken glass, you melt it down and make a weapon Clouds come in your life but they can take you up to heaven
Just don’t let the dream fly, hold it to your heart tight Never let it slip by, frozen field and you’ll die It’s the thing that shapes you, molds and complicates you You anticipate the thing that birthed and made you
Despacito, everything in life will take you despacito Take it all in stride, it will come despacito Keep the dream inside, but know it’s despacito Despacito, keep on working hard, reward is despacito Don’t expect gold stars, a grown-up doesn’t need to Make your vision far, and stretch it despacito
Wish upon a star, but learn to love each step you’re taking It’s another chain you’re breaking, prison doors you’re slowly shaking Blazing in the flames but soon you’re floating through the ashes Suffering leads to compassion; smoldering emboldens passion
Despacito, everything in life will take you despacito Take it all in stride, it will come despacito Keep the dream inside, but know it’s despacito This is how it takes you, pain it makes or breaks you Grasp it as it shakes you, don’t let it deflate you It’s another chain you’re breaking, prison doors you’re slowly shaking Just don’t let the dream fly, hold it to your heart tight Never let it slip by, frozen field and you’ll die Suffering leads to compassion; smoldering emboldens passion