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Run Run

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DECDF Workshop 2026
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By Bennett Konesni

An original running song by Bennett Konesni, written during the pandemic with the anticipation of getting back to running and singing together. A call-and-response song built for the rhythm of the trail.

Lyrics

Run run, run run
Run tell your Congressman (Congressman)
Run run, run run
Run tell your Congressman (Congressman)
Run run, run run
Run tell your Congressman (Congressman)
Run run, run run
Run tell your Congressman (Congressman)

Step it up, Step it up
Step it up, Step it up
Step it up, Step it up
Step it up, Step it up up up

Other verses
Run run, run run
run 'til the end of the road

Run run, run run
Run in the middle of the road

You can add President, Representitive, Neighbors and Friends etc etc.
Whoever you want to encourage to step it up.

This one is ripe for inventing more lyrics as you go!

The Story

Kido Kidolezi grew up singing and jogging in the Shinyanga region of Tanzania. At Middlebury College, he brought that tradition to a jogging chorus and it changed how I think about movement and music. The Tanzanian tradition is a slow jog, not a speed workout but a cardio workout, and the singing drives the breath in and out of the body with extraordinary efficiency.

I wrote "Run Run" in that spirit, with a direct political message: go tell your elected representative to step it up. It's personal. It's active. It's time to get it together.

Call-and-response structure: the leader sings a line while the group breathes and jogs; the group echoes while the leader catches their breath.