Character Builds Poetry Project

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Character Builds Poetry Project

• By Katie Petro

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Honesty

• Hey, baby my nose is getting bigI noticed it
  been growing when I been telling them fibsNow
  you say your trust's getting weakerProbably
  cause my lies just started getting deeperAnd
  the reason for my confession is that I learn my
  lessonAnd I really think you ought to know the
  truthBecause I lied and I cheated and I lied a
  little moreBut after I did it I don't know what
  I did it for
• Dont Lie Black Eyed Peas

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Empathy

• Cry if you want to
• I wont tell you not to
• I wont try to cheer you up
• Ill just be here if you want me
• Cry If You Want To Holly Cole Trio

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Acceptance

• Imagine theres no heaven
• Its easy if you try
• No hell below us
• Above us only sky
• Imagine all the people
• Living for today
• Imagine John Lennon

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Integrity

• Get up, stand up
• Stand up for your rights
• Get up, stand up
• Dont give up the fight
• Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley

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Caring

• When your gone
• The pieces of my heart are missing you
• When your gone
• The face I came to know is missing too
• When your gone
• The word I need to hear to always get me through
  the day and make it ok
• I miss you
• When Your Gone Avril Lavigne

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Courage

• Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
• We all fall down like toy soldiers
• Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
• But the battle wages on for toy soldiers
• Im supposed to be the soldier who never blows
  his composure
• Even though I hold the weight of the whole world
  on my shoulders
• Like Toy Soldiers Eminem

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Respect

• If you disrespect everybody
• That you run into
• How in the world do you think
• Anybody supposed to respect you
• If you dont give a heck about
• The man with a bible in his hand
• Just get out the way and let
• The gentleman do his thing
• Respect Yourself Bruce Willis

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Responsibility

• My son turned ten just the other day
• He said Thanks for the ball, dad, come on lets
  play. Can you teach me to throw?
• Not today, I got a lot to do. He said Thats
  ok
• Cats In The Cradle Harry Chapin

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Trustworthiness

• Lean on me, when your not strong
• And Ill be your friend
• Ill help you carry on
• For it wont be long
• Until Im gonna need
• Somebody to lean on
• Lean On Me Bill Withers

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Citizenship

• Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
• Were gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the
  trails
• Open her heart let the life blood flow
• Gotta get on our way cause were movin to slow
• Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

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