IHHP - Maningrida "My Heart Keeps Beating"

Indigenous Hip Hop Projects was so proud to partner with Malabam Health Service, GYS Maningrida and Menzies School of Health Research to work with Maningrida community to create this deadly Music Video 'Heart Keeps Beating'. We brought together many people from the community young and old who have RHD and listened to their powerful and emotion stories and personal experience about living with the disease. We worked with the talented young people and youth workers from Maningrida along with Traditional Songman Diddo and dancer/storyteller Hamish and Solomon.

No child should bear the scars of open heart surgery. Rheumatic Heart Disease is preventable if you get to the clinic and get medicine when you have a sore throat or skin infection you will help stop the Strep germ from hurting your heart. If you do have RHD then it is essential for your survival to get a injection of antibiotics every 28 days. This project was also supported by 'Stronger Communities for Children' program.

Lyrics 'My Heart Keeps Beating' –

Maningrida RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE SONG


Ray Ray’s Spoken Word Intro
Woke up in the morning and I was dizzy in my head
Shaking and sweating in my bed
Couldn’t go to school short of breath
Went to the clinic to get em check
Doctor plain flew me straight to Darwin
This is where my treatment started
Rhematic heart caused all the pain
Now I need a needle every 28 days


Verse one

1. This story begins from the start (Tarlisa)
2. Sore throat, sore skin, pain in your heart
3. If your feeling weak throats in pain
4. Go to the clinic don’t be shame
5. The step germ is the start (Shalira)
6. This could lead to Rheumatic heart
7. Listen up family its time to learn
8. We can stop this disease by stopping this germ
9. Simple injection to stop the infection (Shianne)
10. Bush tucker medicine, simple prevention
11. Once you got it, you got to be brave
12. Get your injection every 28 days
13. If you wait a day late till 29
14. It could damage your heart and ruin your life
15. All my family listen up please
16. RHD, prevent the disease

Pre chorus
Don’t wanna live each day
Counting down to 28
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohh
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohh


Chorus
My heart keep beating
Bom Bom bom keeps beating
And I cant beat that feeling
Bom bom bom that feeling
My heart keep beating
Bom Bom bom keeps beating
And I cant beat that feeling
Bom bom bom that feeling


BOYS

1. face to the hands down to the feet (Cody)
2. keep your body fresh so we can defeat
3. RHD is something we don’t need
4. Find it early its easy to treat
5. Get the message out (Aldrick)
6. Its time we do it now
7. Go to the clinic
8. get it checked out
9. When im in trouble I need you to help me (Danzal)
10. Living clean and healthy that’s whats deadly
11. Wiparra, dolpulk lets keep it clean
12. Were coming together lets beat this thing
13. From kids to kids lets tell it (Sebastian)
14. Sharing the story lets prevent it
15. My heart is my engine can you hear it pounding
16. Gotta get the message out wanna here you shouting

Pre chorus
Don’t wanna live each day.
Counting down to 28.
Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh

CHORUS

My heart keeps beating,
Bom Bom Bom keeps beating
And I cant beat that feeling
bom bom bom that feeling

My heart keeps beating,
Bom Bom Bom keeps beating
And I cant beat that feeling
bom bom bom that feeling

Elvis, Ditto and Djolpa Traditional song

Pre chorus
Don’t wanna live each day.
Counting down to 28.
Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh

CHORUS

My heart keeps beating,
Bom Bom Bom keeps beating
And I cant beat that feeling
bom bom bom that feeling

My heart keeps beating,
Bom Bom Bom keeps beating
And I cant beat that feeling
bom bom bom that feeling

Spoken Word in language– Hamish