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)