Tear A Brother Down (Don't)
(Inspiration from Matthew Byrd)
From a conversation where our past doesn't
have to be the mentality of our present.
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down.
Don’t be one those that tear a brother down…
Why tear a brother down
When you can raise him up
The way we treat each other
At times it seems so damn fuct up
Heard it said a man that sings
From his heart pulling those strings
Laughing and dancing a song of joy
Making you forget you’re a girl or boy
reminds you of the child within
So we can play together once again as friends
His name just happens to be James Baskett
And maybe people would like to try
and keep him in a casket
But his song will be sung
by young and old
That don’t tear a brother down
for singing from the soul
Sing it …Zip-a-dee-doh-dah
… keep a brother a star.
Shout out Don’t …
Tear a Brother Down
Te-tear a brother down
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down.
Don’t be one of those that tears a brother down…
Marva Collins is another
though a sister not a brother
and we’re not talking of color
we’re in this as one together
Her dream was to teach children
They were mistaken in beliefs
Of what they were capable of
And what they could achieve
The system said she was crazy
to help children read and write
Because they were too stoopid
and weren’t worth the fight
She could see it all around her
the world trying to hold her back
So she started up her own school
as her form of attack
She taught Socratic Method
to all that she could reach
And for 30 years she prospered
and now her students teach
that nothing can hold you back
if you discover who you are
that Light that is inside of you
makes us all a Star
So tap into yourSelf
Don’t believe
The lies that you are fed
That lead you to think you’re stoopid
Or even better off dead
Just shout out to the world
so all of those can see
we can rise each other up
out of this mentality …
So don’t …
Tear a Brother Down
Te-tear a brother down
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down
Tear a brother down
Te-tear a brother down.
Don’t be one those that tears a brother down…
It’s not about a color
a gender
or a country
It’s about rising up
so that those around you
can see
That they are Shiney on the inside
So don’t dampen it down
See that Spark within you and then
See it all around
Build up those around you
and help them to grow
and you will have a garden
from the seeds you sow.
Do this with everyone you meet
Whether you like them or not
And doors will open to you
That at other times were shut.
Dream big and wide and far and high
But know it comes from the inside
And spend the rest of your daze …
Rising people up … ri-rising people up
Rising people up … ri-rising people up
Rising people up … ris-rising people up
Be one of those that Rises People Up.
:o)
