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ANTI was written by Stitchers Youth Council members Antonio Clark, Emeara Burns and Branden Lewis and was created at the Stitchers Storefront Studio in St. Louis, Missouri with musical support from Story Stitchers Artists in Residence Howard Cox and Ntegrity.
ANTI is a song about anti-bullying.
According to the Stop Bullying Now Foundation, the overall outlook of the long term effects of bullying upon society is grim:
- 60% of middle school students say that they have been bullied, while 16% of staff believes that students are bullied.
- 160,000 students stay home from school every day due to bullying. (NEA)
- 30% of students who reported they had been bullied said they had at times brought weapons to school.
- A bully is 6 times more likely to be incarcerated by the age of 24.
- A bully is 5 times more likely to have a serious criminal record when he grows up.
- 2/3 of students who are targets become bullies.
- 20% of all children say they have been bullied.
- 20% of high school students say they have seriously considered suicide within the last 12 months.
- 25% of students say that teachers intervened in bullying incidents while 71% of teachers say they intervened.
- The average child has watched 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school.
- In schools where there are anti-bullying programs, bullying is reduced by 50%.
- Bullying was a factor in 2/3 of the 37 school shootings reviewed by the US Secret Service.
- According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH) (Sauter, et al.,1990), there is a loss of employment amounting to $19 billion and a drop in productivity of $3 billion due to workplace bullying.
- Law enforcement costs related to bullying are enormous. Since 1999, the Office on Violence against Women (OVW) has spent $98 million in assistance to address campus sexual violence.
ANTI
Lyrics
Antonio
Chorus
Anti, anti
I ain’t bother you where did I go wrong?
Anti, anti
I ain’t on that please leave me alone.
Anti, anti
Bully me and regret it when I’m gone.
Anti, anti, anti, anti.
Repeat
Antonio
Verse 1
16 with a dream and I don’t involve glocks with beam.
I don’t wanna hit the blunt. I don’t wanna sip the lean.
Got my head on straight with a high self-esteem.
Cause I’m… Headed to for the top ain’t got no time for no road blocks.
I ain’t hitting the block.
Hitting the spot.
Aye.
Ducking the cops.
Ducking the shots.
Facts!
You need to pick up the slack.
You could be the leader of the pack.
Ain’t no sense in following the blind.
I guarantee they won’t have yo back.
You ain’t gotta do what they do.
Shoot what they shoot.
The decisions all up to you.
Ain’t no breeze.
Cause If you ask me, I tell em 1 2 3.
Aye.
Chorus
Anti, anti
I ain’t bother you where did I go wrong?
Anti, anti
I ain’t on that please leave me alone.
Anti, anti
Bully me and regret it when I’m gone.
Anti, anti, anti, anti.
Emeara
Verse 2
These bullies wanna take my chain.
Get in my lane.
Bash my name.
I ain’t even do nothing just tryna go to school and get my A’s.
Get my A’s.
They wanna see me fail because they ain’t living well.
So they picking on me feeling like a cell.
I don’t even wanna tell because it’ll probably get worse and I really get hurt.
Time to put it in the dirt.
Don’t lose yo smile.
Loose yo crown.
Don’t lose yo style just to prove something.
But don’t do nothing.
You need to say something
While your veins pumping and yo J’s stumping.
Like bully stay in yo lane.
Bully stay in yo lane.
Excuse me teacher can you handle my light weight.
Chorus
Anti, anti
I ain’t bother you where did I go wrong?
Anti, anti
I ain’t on that please leave me alone.
Anti, anti
Bully me and regret it when I’m gone.
Anti, anti, anti, anti.
Bridge
Why you wanna bother me. Harass and follow me.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Why you gotta frown on me. Turn around and talk down to me.
Aye aye aye aye.
Why you wanna bother me. Harass and follow me.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Why you gotta frown on me. Turn around and talk down to me.
Aye
Check out Branden on Verse 3 on the recording.
Too fast to type!!
Copyright 2019 by Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective. All rights reserved.
#KEEP THE PEACE
