Name: It Could Be Amazing
Duration: P00H03M36S
Description: Inspired by the words of the high school director of Yad B’Yad, a school in Israel where Arabs and Jews learn together, during a visit in December 2008 with the Partnership 2000 program, funded by UJA-Federation.

It Could Be Amazing

from With All Your Heart by Jay Rapoport

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Inspired by the words of the high school director of Yad B’Yad, a school in Israel where Arabs and Jews learn together, during a visit in December 2008 with the Partnership 2000 program, funded by UJA-Federation.

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"IT COULD BE AMAZING" (by Jay Rapoport)

History could teach us anything
We look to our past and see where we’re going
But history won’t tell us everything
And some of those things are really worth knowing

If we say it’s not about us
It’s about the next generation
Take a look at the future we are facing

Some people say we are hopeless
Some people say we are crazy
But if we believe in a better dream
Hallelujah it could be amazing

Family is where we started
To know yourself you need to know where you come from
Eventually you choose your own path
Unsteady at first now look what you’ve become

If I say it’s not about me
It’s about the next generation
Take a look at the future I am making

Some people say we are hopeless
Some people say we are crazy
But if we believe in a better dream
Hallelujah it could be amazing

So forget what you knew
Look what we’re going through
Think about how you want it to be
Take a step on the way
To a brand new day
When the dreams that we dream come to be

We don’t think we are hopeless
We don’t think we are crazy
Cuz if we believe in a better dream
Hallelujah…

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from With All Your Heart, released November 2, 2010
Music and Lyrics by Jay Rapoport

Jay Rapoport: vocals, piano, Hammond organ
Glenn Grossman: drums
Louis Glaser: bass guitar
Bryan Dunn: acoustic guitar
Shahar Mintz: electric guitar
Rachel Reef-Simpson: backing vocals

Recorded by Jon Notar at Mercy Sound Recording Studio, NYC
Piano recorded by Jon Notar at Jon’s Apartment Studio, NYC
Hammond organ recorded by Jon Notar at La Sala Studio, NYC
Produced by Glenn Grossman
Mastered by Discmakers

Copyright Maxfun Music 2010

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Jay Rapoport Chicago, Illinois

Jay Rapoport, RJE takes Jewish values and texts and transforms them into “Ruach Rock”, a catchy piano-pounding style influenced by Ben Folds and Billy Joel. Jay has appeared on the Disney Holiday Singalong and received a Covenant Foundation grant to compose the theme song for the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland’s “La-bri’ut” curriculum. Jay is Director of URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy. ... more

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