By slowing the tempo and switching the score to a minor key, Angel and Valerie's version of the song revealed a certain pathos within the seemingly naive lyrics.
Valerie Tevere and Angel Nevarez produced a site-responsive work at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse part of the art organization No Longer Empty's exhibition "When You Cut into the Present the Future Leaks Out" curated by Regine Basha in 2015.
Spoken word narration was provided by B-Girl Rokafella and MC Lady L, and included reference to South Bronx luminaries like Afrika Bambaataa.
[5] In light of the 2008 presidential elections, the two artists began studying the role that soapboxes provide a mediated space to allow citizens to express political interests, fears and hopes.
Over a two-day period on September 8, Valerie Tevere and Angel Nevarez joined the Creative Time group event entitled, Democracy in America: The National Campaign.