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PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC. THE BAND'S NAME IS "A-2-V- T." IT REPRESENTING ITS MEMBER'S JOURNEY TO THIS COUNTRY. N-B-C FIVE'S JACKIE PASCALE SHOWS US HOW THEY HOPE TO TAKE YOU ALONG FOR THE RIDE, AND TEACH SOME LESSONS THROUGH ITS SONGS. 21:41 SINGING "NEVER GIVE UP" FROM AFRICA - TO VERMONT. MEAX 15:26 WE WANTED TO SHOW HOW FAR WE CAME THIS VERMONT AFROPOP BAND . MUSIC VIDEO - ONE OF THE WAVE YOUR FLAG" MOMENTS BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT CULTURES. JILIB 1:56 THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE SONG IS ABOUT. NAT FROM PRACTICING BRINGING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, NAT FROM PRACTICING BRINGING THE COMMUNITY, MAKING THE COMMUNITY STRONGER THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF A- 2-V-T. CAME TO THE U-S AS REFUGEES. JILIB 2:11 WE'RE ALL FROM AFRICA MUSIC VIDEO "WE'RE NOT HERE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS" JILIB WE ALL MET IN VERMONT. THIS IS THE PLACE THAT WE CREATE THE WORK FOR IT THE GROUP. USING ITS NEWEST SONG - WAVE YOUR FLAG - MUSIC VIDEO NAT TO START A CONVERSATION. 11:55 THE FIRST LINE THAT CAME TO MY HEAD WAS, 'NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE GO THROUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.' MUSIC VIDEO NEXT LINE: "TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS WORLD, TAKES PATIENCE" MEAX YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, <:38 MUSIC VIDEO "TO BE HAPPY, WE MUST MAKE CHANGE" MEAX 16:07 MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. AND ITS LYRICS ARE MEANT TO REACH A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE. MEAX 13:38 GIVING THE YOUTH AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO GO ABOUT MAKING A CHANGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY 14:06 MOMMA RAISED YOU WELL, DADDY WELL, MUSIC VIDEO: "SISTA, MOMMY DEY RAISED YOU WELL, DADDY WELL" AND NOW YOU'RE CARRYING A MESSAGE MUSIC VIDEO: "NOW YOU, THEY CARRY MWANA FOR AFRICA" HOPING TO BRING PEACE TO ITS NEW COMMUNITY. 12:55 WHY DO WE HAVE TO FIGHT, WHY DO WE HAVE TO CAUSE EACH OTHER PROBLEMS, WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER THE MUSIC VIDEO ENDS ON A NOTE OF UNITY. SHOT AT END OF MUSIC VIDEO AT THE END, WE ALL COME TOGETHER AS VERMONT WE UNDERSTAND 802 VERMONT. IT'S A SMALL PLACE, BUT COVER STUTTER W SONG IF WE ALL COME TOGETHER, MUSIC VIDEO: "NEVER GIVE UP" WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER "MUSIC VIDEO: "DON'T EVER STOP" THE GROUP ALSO PERFORMS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS... THE NEXT ONE ON THEIR CALENDAR -- THE NEW AMERICAN SAFETY FESTIVAL IN WINOOSKI ON MAY 11TH.

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With a catchy beat playing in the background, members of A2VT dance around a rehearsal space in Burlington. The main singer, Meax, jumps up and down, singing the lyrics to the group's newest single: "Wave Your Flag.""Sista, Mommy dey raised you well, Daddy dey raised you well. Now you, they carry mwana for Africa," he sings.Meax said these lyrics and the song as a whole are meant to reach a younger generation about how to grow up in a divisive world."Giving the youth an example of how to go about making a change in your community," he said. "That's pretty much the entire message of this song, to empower the young people to stand up."And the song tells them to do just that, with lyrics like "Jump in the air, Wave your flag, Never give up, Don't ever stop."The music video for the new song features flashes of flags from different African countries. One of A2VT's founders, Said "Jilib" Bulle, said the video represents a refugee's experience coming to America, specifically ending on a note of unity in their new home: Vermont."As you go along the video, you see all of them," Jilib said. "We're all from different places in Africa, but we all met in Vermont. We represent the state now, so we can't forget the Vermont flag in there."But the members said the country is facing divisive times right now, so they hope this song might bring some peace and understanding."I just don't understand, How someone could feel like that. We're not here to cause problems, We're here just to live life," Meax sings in the video.Meax said he believed delivering this message in the form of a catchy, upbeat song would reach the most people. "Music is a universal language," he said. "You don't really have to understand what I'm saying, but if the energy's driving you to dance and groove and you get a good, positive vibe from the song -- that's what matters." A2VT hopes to release more Afropop music to inspire people to understand each other's differences. In the meantime, the group is set to perform at several community events coming up. The full calendar of events can be found here.