Disability History Education Video

This video was created by The Disabled Young People's Collective (DYP) in order to educate people about stereotypes of people with disabilities, shocking facts, and self-advocacy.

SELF-ADVOCACY RAP LYRICS

Verse 1:
Self-Advocacy
We need it in our lives to survive.
These people telling us what we need is driving us B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Perhaps we need to stop being lazy and get our voices back.
We wanna watch how theyll react as we pour out our suggestions and objections at the meetings, while they follow their boring proceedings.
Telling us we cant do this, and we cant do that.
Should she be on this track?
They say yes, but she says no.
This aint about to make us blow.
Were trying not to lose our heads.
Were trying to grow instead.

Chorus:
Were tired of the games that they keep on playing.
They know what we need is what they keep on saying, but you know what?
We disagree.
So we practice self-advocacy.
What, what!
Self-Advocacy
You know why?
Cause thats right you see.

Verse 2:
Our brains are about to burn out from all this wackness.
Were tired of all this madness around us everyday, but were gonna make a way.
Dont tell us were gonna fail.
Well work hard and well prevail.

Chorus:
Were tired of the games that they keep on playing.
They know what we need is what they keep on saying, but you know what?
We disagree.
So we practice self-advocacy.
What, what!
Self-advocacy
You know why?
Cause thats right you see!

Ending Chant:
My brains about to burn out! (5x)
What, what!
My brains about to burn out from all this madnesssssss!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• disability history education
• shocking facts
• stereotypes
• self-advocacy

[deceiver123m]

LIGHT EM UP!!!!..... boooo on eugenics

[judykrt]

great stuff, especially the sit-in! You go!!! Fire 'en up!!!!!!

[sockies1]

Great video! Good job on the rap. I think I'll show the youth who attend the YLF this. Great job!

[Shiyiya]

Awesome stuff.

[misscripchick]

oh god. the self advocacy rap is stuck in my head again. i swear i walk around all day going "what what!"

yall are youtube rockstars :)

[bintalshamsa]

Y'all are amazing! It's great to see our young people making their voices heard. Nothing about us, without us!