>>> TONIGHT WE CONTINUE OUR

ONGOING REPORTING INITIATIVE

CHASING THE DREAM, POVERTY AND

OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA.

BY INTRODUCING YOU TO A TERRIFIC

PROGRAM THAT BEGINS WITH A

TERRIFIC SONG.

IT IS OF ALL THINGS A LULABY.

SIMPLE SONG USED TO LULL A CHILD

TO SLEEP AND FOR THEIR MOTHERS

AND CHILDREN IT CAN BE MORE.

THE CARNEY ALL PROGRAM HAS

COMPARED WOMEN WITHIN ARTIST WHO

WRITE AND SING SONGS TO BABIES.

THE CHASING THE DREAM AIDS

MATERNAL HEALTH AND

STRENGTHENINGS THE BOND BETWEEN

PARENT AND CLALD.

THE PROJ REACHES OUT ACROSS THE

CITY TO MOTHERS IN PLACES LIKE

HOSPITALS HOMELESS SHELTERS AND

SCHOOLS AND RIKERS ISLAND

CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

A NEW ALBUM OF THE ORIGINAL

LULABY HAS BEEN RELEASED ON DECK

OF GOLD.

IT'S TITLED HOPES AND DREAMS,

THE LULLABY PROJ HERE IS ONE

SUNK BY JANICE FRIEDMAN WHO

APPEARED ON THE VOICE.

♪♪

YOU'RE MINE

♪ TO PURSUE ALL OF YOUR WILDEST

DREAMS ♪

♪ SUCH A BLESSING I FEEL

CONTENT ♪

♪ I'M YOURS

♪

♪♪

>> WILDEST DREAMS WAS COWRITTEN

BY OUR NEXT GUEST WHO WROTE THE

LYRICS FOR HER SON AFTER HE WAS

BORN.

AND WE HEAR HE KNOWS ALL THE

WORDS THAT HE IS 3 YEARS OLD.

SHE IS JOINED BY THE CARNEGIE

HALL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

ISAIAH I WAS RRD READY FOR HIM

TO BREAK INTO SONG.

HE IS BEING VERY GOOD BY THE

WAY.

SARAH LET ME START WITH YOU BY

THIS WHERE DID THE IDEA COME

FROM.

>> THE IDEA STARTED AT ZWRAK BY

HOSPITALS IN THE BRONX AND

CARNEGIE HALL WAS IN A MEETING

THERE WITH STAFF, PHYSICIANS

ABARTISTS.

THE STAFF FROM THE HOSPITAL

TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE

CHALLENGES THEY WERE

EXPERIENCING WITH THEIR PREGNANT

TEEN POPULATION.

AND SO WHAT THEY SAID HAPPENS,

THE YOUNG WOMEN PREGNANT OFTEN

END UP FACING KALKS, HAVING A

LOT OF STRESS IN THEIR LIVES.

AND WHAT HAPPENS FROM A MEDICAL

SIDE IS THEY HAVE A HARD TIME

ATTACHING EMOTIONALLY TO THEIR

CHILDREN.

AND THIS ATTACHMENT PIECE

BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD IS SO

FUNDAMENTAL AND ABSOLUTELY

ESSENTIAL FOR LONG-TERM HEALTH.

>> WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT THAT

OVER THE YEARS.

I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

WHEN OUR CHILDREN WAS BREN AND

WHEN MY DAUGHTER'S SON WAS BORN

AND HOW WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE

ABOUT THE NOTION OF PHYSICAL AND

EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT.

>> CLKT.

WE HEARD ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE

AND STARTED TO WONDER, WHAT

ABOUT A LULLABY WHAT ABOUT AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR A MOM TO WORK

WITH A AN ARTIST TO REFLECT ON

THE DOOPS DREAMS HE SHE HAS FOR

HER CHILD, HER RELATIONSHIP WITH

HER CHILD, AND WHAT IF SHE HAD A

BEAUTIFUL RECORDING OF THAT SONG

AND COULD SING THAT WITH HER

CHILD, HOW SHE COULD USE IT OVER

TIME TO SOOTING HERSELF AS A

REALLY SPECIAL GIFT TO HER BABY

AND AS SOMETHING THAT REALLY

CONNECTS THEM.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE EMOTIONS.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT THE

VERY FIRST TIME THIS COMPLETED

SONG WAS PLAYED FOR YOU AND

ISAIAH TOGETHER?

>> IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.

HONESTLY I -- I KNEW IT WAS GOOD

WORK AND WORKING WITH SARAH SHE

WAS JUST SO HELPFUL AND SO OPEN

MINDED AND STUFF.

AND EVERY IDEA SHE SHOT OUT I

DWA GAVE HER SHE SHOT BACK WITH

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL RESPONSE, YEAH

LET'S PUT THIS.

>> WHO HELPED YOU WITH YOUR

WRITING.

>> SO SHE IS JUST AMAZING.

SHE MADE ME FEEL LIKE I CAN DO

IT AND I CONQUERED IT.

SHE GAVE ME THAT VIBE WHERE IF I

TELL HER ANYTHING SHETS JUST

GOING WITH IT AND SHE CAN MAKE

IT EVEN BETTER.

SO IT WAS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL

PROCESS.

ROOM.

AND THEY PLAYED LULABY AND WHEN

I HEARD IT IT BROUGHT TEARS TO

MY EYES.

I WAS SO JOYFUL.

AND ISAIAH WAS SMILING SO I KNEW

HE LIKED IT.

>> YOU HAD THIS WONDERFUL

EXPERIENCE WITH YOU AND YOUR OWN

CHILD.

AND NOW IT'S PART OF AN ALBUM.

MARVELLOUS TALENT SINGING IT.

BEING SHARED BY LITERALLY

THOUSANDS OF OTHER MOTHERS AND

CHILDREN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> I'M -- I FEEL LIKE EXCITED

THAT I CAN EVEN BE JUST A PART

OF THE INSPIRATION TO SOMEONE

ELSE.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS --

LIKE ESPECIALLY FOR SINGLE

MOTHERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW,

IT'S A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE AND IF

YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY YOU

WON'T REGRET IT BECAUSE I DON'T.

AND NOW I'M GOING THROUGH THIS

PROCESS WHERE IT'S ON A ALBUM.

AND I MEAN I KNEW IT WAS BIG.

I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WOULD

GO THAT FAR.

NOW THAT IT CAME THIS FAR I'M SO

EXCITED THIS IS SOMETHING I

ACCOMPLISHED LIKE A BIG

ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ME.

AND EVERYBODY BACKS ME UP ON

PROCESS IT MY HUSBAND AND MOM

AND STUFF AND SO.

>> SARAH FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE,

THE CARNEGIE HALL, YOU LOOK AT

DARIUS'S STORY, ALL THE OTHER

SONGS ON THE ALBUM.

DID YOU EVER ANTICIPATE IT WOULD

BECOME THIS.

>> I DON'T THINK WE EVER KNEW

THAT IT WOULD GO THIS FAR.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT PEOPLE

RESPOND TO THE PROJECT.

THERE IS SOMETHING SO SIMPLE

ABOUT IT AND SO FUNDAMENTAL,

RIGHT?

IT'S ULTIMATELY ABOUT LOVE.

>> AND FOR THE REST OF YOUR

CHILDREN'S LIVES THEY'LL HAVE

THAT LULLABY AND PASS IT ON.

A MARVELLOUS PROGRAM FABULOUS

JOB BY YOU.

AS YOU SAID SIMPLE BUT

EXTRAORDINARILY PROFOUND.

>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND TO THE CHILDREN SARAH

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GREAT

WORK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND YOU CAN HEAR THE LOVELY

LULLABY AND MANY SORE SOOTHING

SONGS ON THE DECK A GOLD ALBUM

HOPES AND DREAMS.

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