al Qaeda and urges him to `` control Ahmadinejad . '' `` Dear Obama hear us sing/We 're ready for the change that you will bring/Gonna shine the light for the world to see/to spread peace hope and democracy . ... Fight for health care for the young so that coverage is available to everyone/It 's time to find a renewable way to fuel our needs so we do n't end up depending on Chavez and the Middle East . '' Watch the students sing `` Dear Obama '' '' The kids will perform Tuesday at the Africa and International Friends Inaugural Ball , sharing a stage with Usher and Patti LaBelle , one of many events in their packed schedule highlighted by a luncheon gala Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. . `` I want to do good every song we perform . When the crowd cheers , I feel like we did a good job , '' said Willie Thornton , a seventh-grader . `` I feel a lot of adrenaline afterwards . '' The students have met the Kenyan Boys Choir , who told their American counterparts what kind of animals they might see
WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There was no shortage of superstars in Washington this week , including the middle school students of Atlanta , Georgia 's Ron Clark Academy . Ron Clark Academy students singing their newest song , `` Dear Obama , '' in Washington this week . `` There are those Obama kids ! '' `` Those are the kids from TV ! '' `` Sing for us ! '' The middle schoolers ' ode to the political process , `` You Can Vote However You Like , '' set to the tune of rapper T.I. 's `` Whatever You Like , '' has garnered exhilarating fame nationwide . Invited to perform at inauguration events , the boys and girls were stopped along every block in the capital by people who asked them to sing and pose for a picture . `` I have a sleepy energy , '' sixth-grader Kennedy Guest Pritchett said . `` I feed off of the crowd and their cheers . '' The students ' new song , `` Dear Obama , '' which they have performed this week , offers advice to the president on energy , taxes , financial regulation and