Girls Like Us (37 page)

—Dr. Richard J. Estes,
professor of social work, University of Pennsylvania

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GIRLS LIKE US.
Copyright © 2011 by Rachel Lloyd.

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“The Movie in My Mind” from the musical
Miss Saigon
, by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg. Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Words by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. Copyright © Alain Boublil Music Ltd. (ASCAP). Used by permission.

“I Loves You, Porgy” from
Porgy and Bess
. Words and music by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. Copyright © 1935 George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund. All rights administered by WB Music Corp. Used by permission of Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc.

“Someday We’ll All Be Free.” Words and music by Donny Hathaway and Edward U. Howard. Copyright © 1972 by Universal Music—MGB Songs, Kuumba Music Publishing, and WB Music Corp. All rights on behalf of itself and Kuumba Music Publishing Co. administered by WB Music Corp. and Universal Music—MGB Songs International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Alfred Music Publishing Co. and Hal Leonard Corporation.

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