It’s Enough!

At the Croatian language class, on October 28, 2022, 7th grade students were offered the following task: create a radio message of 90 seconds or a song of up to 3 minutes on one of the topics or titles: Let’s create better future, Enough is enough! and Let it be… During the lesson, the students designed messages and song lyrics. Towards the end of the class, they read their works. and discussed them. One student wrote the song for which the Croatian language teacher suggested that she try create music. To that, student said that she would like another student to get involved in the music creation, whom she knows creates music for his own or other people’s lyrics in his free time, mostly hip hop. Since that student had also written his own verses, the students decided to make a song together. The student learned about all of the above from the History teacher who supported them in their intention and promised to submit their work to the competition of the European School Radio Make it heard – Youth for peace 2023. For help with the musical part of the song, the students turned to the teacher of Music Culture who gave them some guidelines for their work. Since the school does not have the technical conditions to record a high-quality audio recording of the song, the History teacher turned to the city’s institution Art-cinema for help, which enabled us to record it in their studio for free. The students expressed their desire to have another two students to join in the recording of the song. Student, author of the lyrics designed and created the poster to visualise the song. All of the above was preceded by work with students of the same classes on the topic of tolerance, peace, respect for diversity by participating in the program of the Zagreb Film festival of Tolerance, which for 2022 had refugees as it’s main theme.

Lyrics of the song in EnglishIt’s Enough!

It’s enough
Of wars, grenades
On the news they say:
“A brother killed brother.”

Bad state in republic,
Less money in pocket.
Hard times are hurting all of us.
You stuck your hand deeper in the pocket.

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White color, color of piece.
The same song plays in all cities.

“(War needs to stop)
Give a drink to thirsty people.
(War needs to stop)
Let’s stop dreaming about love and happiness.
(War needs to stop)
Let’s make our dreams come true and say no to evil.”

East and West
Like a dog and a cat.
We are between them
Just an ordinary toy.

Africans have nothing to eat,
Refugees nowhere to seat.
From Ukraine only bad news,
In Banovina ground continues to shake.

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