This song is available on Patchwork Planet.
This song is also available as a right-hand lead sheet download.
This is an empowering song about boys who did amazing things before the age of twenty.
See also the lyrics and sound clip for Girls Who Rock the World.
Chorus:
Whoah, whoah, whoah - Boys who rock the world
Whoah, whoah, whoah - Boys who rock the world
Louis Braille was just 15
when his language rocked the world
At a school for the blind, and he created a code
He was a boy who rocked the world.
He invented a system of dots
that changed the way blind people were taught
Louis Braille brought reading to the blind
He was a boy who rocked the world.
(Chorus)
Frederick Douglass was 17
when his defiance rocked the world
The slave masters could not break his will
He was a boy who rocked the world.
He taught himself how to read and write
The freedom struggle was his life-long fight
Frederick Douglass spoke his mind
He was a boy who rocked the world.
(Chorus)
Chico Mendes was just 15
when his protests rocked the world
He protected the rainforest in Brazil
He was a boy who rocked the world
He faced the loggers' guns, unarmed
to shield the workers and trees from harm
Chico Mendes gave his life for the cause
He was a boy who rocked the world.
(Chorus)
The Beatles all were in their teens
when their music rocked the world
They wrote songs that everybody knows
They were boys who rocked the world
With Sgt. Pepper's and Rubber Soul
They changed the sound of rock and roll
The Beatles' influence still is heard
They were boys who rocked the world
(Chorus)
(Bridge:)
Albert Einstein, Jesse Owens, Mozart, Picasso
Boys who rocked the world
Crazy Horse, Edison, Mandela, Galileo
Boys who rocked the world.
(Tag:)
Whether you are a boy or a girl,
How will you rock the world?
(Final Chorus:)
Whoah, whoah - How will you rock the world?
Whoah, whoah - How will you rock the world?
Whoah, whoah - How will you rock the world?
Whoah, whoah - How will you rock the world?
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Many thanks to Two of a Kind for permission to display these lyrics.
© 1999 David Heitler-Klevans. All rights reserved. Printed with permission.
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