This song is also available on Ants on a Log album Make It Myself.
This download includes a detailed Discussion Guide for grades K-5 with the following:
Intro:
I love taking my shoes off in the sandbox,
The sand feels cool tothe touch
I'm building my own sand castlekingdom,
I wish I could live there so much
Verse 1:
Cuz yesterday I saw a kid who looked like me
Playing right here under my favorite tree
But he was being mean to somebody on our playground
Calling him names because his skin was brown
My stomach turned, time seemed to slow down
Should I stay where I am o rget up off the ground
Verse 2:
Cuz I wanted to walk up to the mean kid
And make him say sorry for the mean things he said
Should I just stay quiet, don't cause a big scene
Will I get in trouble,will that kid be mean to me
Butterflies flew all around in my belly,
My legs were shaking,they felt just like jelly
Verse 3:
I didn't know what I should say,
First I just asked,“hey are you ok?”
We both turned to the mean one, my chest felt so tight
It was hard to get the words to sound right
Verse 4:
He said that's not fair, and I said yea that's not right
We said, do you know what it means to have skin dark or light?
And I looked at my own skin and saw it was light too
And I hoped I'd never done what I saw that kid do
Bridge:
My stomach turned, time seemed to slow down,
My hands shook, butterflies flew all around,
My chest felt tight, I had heard enough
But that's how I knew I had to stand up
Yea that's how I knew I had to stand up
I couldn't sit there anymore, I could feel it deep within
That's how I knew I had to stand with him
Outro:
I turned to my new friend, we learned each other's names
He asked if I wanted to go play a game
And now we love taking our shoes off in the sandbox,
The sand feels cool to the touch
We're building our own sand castle kingdom,
We wish we could live there so much
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