- published: 16 Jun 2016
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Our Song is a drama film released in 2000.
Our Song follows three high school girls over one summer in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The girls, Lanisha (Kerry Washington), Maria (Melissa Martinez), and Joycelyn (Anna Simpson) are best friends and confidants. They have different family situations, different romantic interests, different moral codes and their own unique dreams.
They are all dedicated members of the Jackie Robinson Steppers, a community marching band, that holds daily rehearsals in a local parking lot. The girls want to master the instruments they play in order to impress their conductor.
Joycelyn works at a makeup boutique, while both Marie and Lanisha work at a bakery. Sometimes they talk about what they'll do after high school, but most of their conversations are about the difficult immediate issues that face them daily:
The film garnered positive reviews. Many of the critics praised director Jim McKay for the documentary-like shooting of the film and its dialogue. Roger Ebert has said that the film is "original and perceptive" and it doesn't force its characters into a tightly-plotted story. The film has a 90 percent "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sitting on this white bed its not the right bed, cause
its not our bed
All alone in this hotel room, feels like a hell room,
cause its not our room
I try to watch some TV, but its not easy, cause your
not near me
I’m just feeling lonely I wanna go home
So if you hear me singing this song
I know your out there singing along
Its a love song and its the right song cause its our
song
Trying to kill all my time all day and night time until
its our time
If I had it my way I’d be on the highway straight to
our driveway
I cant wait until I see you and get to feel you and
kiss the real you
You know I need you, I wanna go home
So if you hear me singing this song
I know your out there singing along
Its a love song and its the right song cause its our
song
I close my eyes (I close my eyes)
And there you are
Turn off the light (turn off the light)
And there you are
And in my dreams (and in my dreams)
We dance and sing to each other all night long and this
is our song
I just want to make you happy
So come and grab me and love me madly
I want you so badly… I’m coming home
So if you hear me singing this song
I know your out there singing along
Its a love song and its the right song
If you hear me singing this song
I know your out there singing along
Its a love song and its the right song
Its the don’t give up without a fight song