Quarantine

Stuyvesant English teachers (and honorary English teachers) continue our long-standing tradition of writing lyrics to a current song to serenade graduating seniors at the last Open Mic of the year. This year, we interpret Alicia Keys's "Underdog" from our homes in quarantine. Class of 2020: We miss you!
Lyrics by: Annie Thoms, Alicia Pohan and Megan Weller
Sound Mixing by: Harold Stephan
Video Editing by: Leslie Bernstein
Lyrics:
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We were walking in the halls up Until COVID
Escalators, they were broken
You focused on your workload, on each other
You stayed late to work on SING!
A blink of an eye and School was closing
We were shut down, We were lonely
Ask what we miss we Miss your faces
We miss teaching in real time
We know you are going to make it
You are strong down to your bones
And the dreams that you’ve been chasing will unfold
CHORUS:
So we sing a song for the seniors on your graduation
All the students, home and typing on your phones
Helping your hard-working families
Reaching out to each other so you’re not alone
This goes out into quarantine
Keep on connecting through those screens
The Stuy that we all know and love
Is inside us, side us, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
No riding on the subway and grabbing a Starbucks
Instead you’re sleeping in watching hours of TikTok
Caring for loved ones who’re driving you crazy
Instead of prom night you’re staying inside
As the city shut down, and then exploded
With grief and anger, you rose to the moment
You’re joining Talk Circles, asking hard questions
Open to change because it’s time
We know you are going to make it
You are strong down to your bones
And the dreams that you’ve been chasing will unfold
CHORUS:
So we sing a song for the seniors on your graduation
All the students, home and typing on your phones
Helping your hard-working families
Reaching out to each other so you’re not alone
This goes out into quarantine
Keep on connecting through those memes
The Stuy that we all know and love
Is inside us, side us, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Stuyvesant’s inside us
Stuy’s inside us,
CHORUS:
I sing a song for the seniors on your graduation
All the students, home and typing on your phones
Helping your hard-working families
Reaching out to each other so you’re not alone
This goes out into quarantine
Keep on connecting through those screens
The Stuy that we all know and love
Is inside us, side us, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh