The Mixtape

2008 – Baby by Justin Bieber

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My Mixtape Autobiography 2010 – Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s

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By Isabella Sanchez 2017 – Time of Your Life by Green Day

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2018 – Tongue Tied by Grouplove

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2019 – Grace by Surfaces

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 Baby Hey There Delilah
2008 2010
As I grew up, I wanted to do everything with my mom, I would My older brother graduated high school when I was in second
not leave her side. Whenever I reminisce about my childhood, I grade, I didn’t quite understand the concept that he was leaving
remember all the car rides I had with my mom. She always us. This was going to be the first time we would be more than a
wanted to play the same 3 cd’s, but I always made her change week apart, which was so hard for me because I did not know
it to Justin Bieber. I remember clearly how the first song that how I was going to survive without him protecting me from my
would play was “Baby”. other older brother.
You know you love me; I know you care. The night before we were going to drop him off at the airport,
he came into my room carrying his iPod and some headphones.
Just shout whenever and I’ll be there.
I put on the headphones and he played “Hey There Delilah”
You want my love. and told me that this would be our song because they did not
care about the distance because deep down, they knew
You want my heart.
everything would be ok.
And we will never, ever, ever be apart.
Hey there Delilah, don’t you worry about the distance I’m
I took the song very seriously because we were never, ever, right there if you get lonely give this song another listen.
ever apart. This verse represents my relationship with my mom
I would listen to this song any time I missed him or thought of
because I knew she loved and cared for me since I was born.
him. It brought me hope because I always knew he would come
This song never got old; it would be the highlight of all of our
back.
car rides. Singing this song with my mom will always be one
of the best memories of my childhood. A thousand miles seems pretty far but they’ve got planes and
trains and cars I’d walk to you if I had no other way.
 Time of Your Life Tongue Tied
2017 2018
This song was played at my eighth-grade countdown. Take me to your best friend’s house
Graduating eighth grade was something truly unpredictable.
Goin’ round this roundabout
It’s something unpredictable but in the end is right I hope you
This song reminds me of when I first started driving. I think
had the time of your life!
almost everyone can agree that when you first start driving you
I had gone to the same school for eight years; I had the same want to drive everywhere! Me personally I always tried to
friend group for eight years. Moving on to high school was so convince my parents to let me drive whenever we left the
scary for me because all of my friends went to OLP except me. house. When I started to drive, I began to feel like I had a little
It was scary to think about making new friends, having a new more control over my life. And blasting this song in my car just
campus, new uniform, new everything. made me feel so free.
So, take the photographs and still frames in your mind. I know for a fact that this song will remind me of my teenage
years when I’m older. This is the song that I play during late
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.
night drives, when I’m hanging out with friends, whenever I’m
For what it’s worth it was worth all the while. happy, this is always my go to song. This song will remind me
of all of my long teenage nights.
I understood that life goes on, and you have to appreciate
everything you have. It is ok to reminisce about the past, but One, two, three, four
you have to understand that there is so much more to live and
Don’t leave me tongue tied
enjoy.
Let’s stay up all night
Slumber party; pillow fight
 Grace
2019
I never listen too closely to this song’s lyrics until recently. I
was driving with my mom and my music was on shuffle then
this song came on and my mom started to tear up. I didn’t
understand why until she told me to listen to the lyrics.
Oh Grace, Oh Grace
Every time you come around
I feel ok, you help me see color in a world of grey
Once I heard I knew why she was tearing up, my
Grandmother’s name is Graciela, who had passed away a
month before this day. Every time I hear this song it reminds
me of her because she truly brought a tremendous amount of
light into our lives and this song reminds me that she’s still
bringing us that light all the way from heaven.

In that instant I knew that it would be fine, because someday he

would come back.