INSPIRE
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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.”
Nelson Mandela
The Beautiful Game Project Anthem
" THE BEAUTIFUL GAME "
First verse:
Play Skillfully
Soccer is freedom, soccer is life
Stop the fuss and fight
Unity is strength, Love conquers all
Lace up your boots let’s kick some ball
Where the ballers at?
True players on attack
Pushing forward defending each other’s back
Hustle until the last whistle blows
Boom shot strike score a goal
Jinga on the pitch it’s a beautiful dance
Stadium so lit with Victory Chants
Ole, ole, ole!!
Come let's play the beautiful game (repeat 3x)
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1st Rap verse (Archie Eversole):
All the summertimes I remember
We even played in the cold in December
In the jungle I felt like Simba
In Atlanta we beat Portland Timbers
I remember the first time I kicked that ball
Ran too fast thought that I might fall
My teammates with me if I got in brawls
I guess the ref ain't with me 'cause he made that call
But we all here together now
Got a ball we gon' ball with each other now
Getting faster, getting stronger, getting better now
I hear my grandma tellin' us to settle down
This is the world (repeat 3x)
All the boys and girls
Second verse:
Come let's play the beautiful game (repeat 3x)
Every country has its challenge
Every team has its talents
We have to lead while we work in support
Keep our shape for balance
Soccer is freedom
Soccer for all
Football is freedom
Let's kick some ball
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2nd Rap verse (Stic Man):
I feel free when kick the ball
It's the beautiful game come and get involved
Young athletes compete
But it's one vibe wherever you from in the streets
Yeah we one tribe
The sport Bob Marley adored​
Young girls and boys the whole family enjoys
The freedom of the beautiful game out on the green
Going for our goals in life with everything
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Third verse:
Vamos ("lets go")
One people
Jogo bonito ("beautiful game")
Ginga*, good people
Jogo bonito!!!
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*Ginga: The basic movement used in the martial art of Capoeira.
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Scenes form the opening of Atlanta's first train station pitch
FREEDOM
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"Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skillful to play it! Freedom! Football is freedom!"
Bob Marley