hello get to see you I’m glad that
you’ve all come out to see me that’s
good because as you all know today is
all about me right yeah ok so today
we’re talking about identity and
stereotypes and that’s very interesting
and I thought about that subject the
other day and I wondered when it comes
to identity do I determine who I am or
do others determine what my identity is
and I thought that was very interesting
and I came up with something fun to find
out I have some cards here with the
sentences for you to finish and all of
those sentences are about me and you
guys probably don’t know that much about
me but that’s okay because I’m not
looking for the right answer I’m looking
for your answer ok so we’re going to
start I was actually going to climb off
stage on that side but hi Lola this is
I’m going to start with you this is my
mother in the first sentence that you’re
gonna finish its descendants hi my name
is a fika no because they’re about me
they’re not about you ok so that’s good
this this happened because it’s all
about me we’re talking about me ok so
I’m not looking for stuff about you
we’re talking about me yes ok so let’s
try again hi my name is jameelah thank
ok so the next one I really enjoy music
wow it’s like we’ve known each other our
entire lives but I detest just practice
Brussels sprouts I’m not I’m not even
gonna tell you whether you’re right or
not because that’s not the focus here
and I find it very difficult to be
myself thank you and to me the most
important thing in life is to be on
stage when I want to achieve something I
so you will have reached on effects and
I can go on and on about myself we’ve
got a joker here it’s you nubiles funny
guy I kill you last to me being in the
center of attention is the most
important thing my oh my and when in an
argument I try to get the right thing
and I get really really really excited
and the final sentence of this round
when in love I mean I me me is not a
verb what do i do when i’m in love your
question i couldn’t when i’m in love
in a very very special way ok so we’ve
talked about me and now instead of
talking I’d like to sing a song and this
song is called stop drop and roll and it
is about not actually knowing anything
about someone but still you have an
opinion and whether that opinion is
right or not you too you tend to stick
with it because that’s just what people
do and that is ok but still should we
really be afraid of things we don’t know
we put everyone in boxes and need little
drawers but we’d never judge a book by
its cover of course not we’ve learned to
spot the people who are up to no good we
know who to treat kindly and who’s got
bad light I’m a fruit of every person
who walks in that door before you know
it they’ve taken over and you won’t be
yourself anymore stop drop and roll stop
drop and roll stop drop and roll you
never know your deal
my throne stop drop and roll
stop drop and roll you never know who
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they might be stranger weird or
dangerous their heart set on pain they
might try to subdue you relieve you at
in the ring now we know by heart whose
righteous who’s to take all your cat
who’s good and wholesome who’s to be
stopped well I’m afraid of every person
who walks in the door before you know it
they’ve taken over
won’t be a sale anymore
our stop drop and roll stop drop and
roll stop drop and roll you never know
my throne stop drop and roll stop drop
and roll you never know you’re dealing
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thank you so a fun fact just you know to
have fun with it that is the most
beautiful piano I have ever played in my
whole life it is a Steinway & Sons piano
and it is ridiculously good ok so you
guys probably have an opinion about me
now do you of course you do you had an
opinion the minute I walked out on stage
that’s just how it works and that’s fine
that’s that’s great but i wonder if your
image of me has shifted by now and I’ve
got some more sentences for you to
finish so I’m coming for you again and
we’re going to talk about me some more
yeah yeah I love it when I make a joke
and I hear people just know chuckling
that makes me feel like I’m doing okay
Who am I kidding of course I’m doing
okay let’s see i have spotted a man with
a beard and who doesn’t love a guy with
a beard so my first sentence is for you
and you’re gonna finish it and it’s
going to be about me okay it’s very
clear now isn’t it you know with the
first thing that went wrong ok so the
sentence is i strongly believe that I’m
that’s what you get for bringing your
kid and my biggest goal in life is to
always look on the sunny side my biggest
fear is not being onstage it’s funny to
see that your answers strongly relate to
what you’re seeing of me right now when
under pressure I cry no i don’t i love
about myself that I dare to walk around
here and ask questions but I hate about
myself that I’m always laughing always
loving well it’s pretty clear you don’t
know me my motto is sorry I was thinking
about what she said but my motto your
mother is always go for the best and I
long for attention well that couldn’t be
further from the truth dear sir not one
inch further from the truth so the next
one is what I love most of all out of
everything in the entire world is ice
another guy with a beard okay so just to
be sure so you guys remember my name is
do you mean ah thank you ok so I had
another one to ask you but yesterday at
the tryout they told me that I’m not
allowed to ask that one because it might
look like I’m you know promoting myself
and the things i do so i couldn’t do
that however we’re going to go on to the
next song and that song is called what
do you see and it’s about wondering what
people actually look for and people and
what makes you feel a certain way about
do you see when you look at me
do you see when you look at me
ought to be do you hear when you hear me
speak what do you hear when you hear me
miss week are my words the ones they
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can I ever do what’s right by you can I
ever do what’s right by you or should I
just get and I’m sorry I was never bored
what do i do to make it right what do i
do to make it right what do i do to make
it right can you see
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thank you
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I enjoy fake gold necklaces and also
glittery socks I want my coffee to be
strong and I like the smell of harbors
and docks I like the son of snow
crunching beneath my feet i won my house
to be untidy sometimes forget to brush
my teeth and my favorite movie is a sad
sad musical and because it makes me cry
I don’t like to watch you at all I’m a
musician I’m a writer I’m a child I’m a
mother I’m a woman I’m a dutchie a
little sister to my brother so who am i
what is my identity what is determined
by the others and what is up to me I’m
difficult but pleasant funny I might add
and not at all upset about the father I
never had I am afraid of falling and
breaking my right leg and that is mostly
because of the bone tumor I had I’ve
never been to Russia yet I like to think
I know all about their lives how that is
yes and yet is no and when I look up to
the clouds or up to the stars it’s kind
of unsettling to know just how small we
are and I find it strange to realize
that everything we see in here someday
will diminish and eventually disappear
so who am i what is my identity what is
determined by my history and what is up
to me well does it even matter who I am
or what I do after me there’ll be
another and they’ll also think they know
what is false and especially what is
true
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