Intro - [Tubas then Drum Cadence Chant]
[Whisper]
Flagline . Majorettes. Cherokee Bells.
Leader: 1! 2! You Know. What to do!
Leader: Hey Band
Band: Hey
Leader: [whisper] Shake it off!
Leader: What it do when it rain?
Band: IT DON'T RAIN ON FAIR PARK BAND!
Leader: What it do when it rain?
Band: IT DON'T RAIN ON FAIR PARK BAND!
All: D-P-O! D-P-O!
[Verse 1 - The Foundation]
Westside raised, black and gold paved,
[whisper] look to the left on 8
Mr. Cleveland White, coldest with the page,
He didn't just write notes, he wrote baddest in the South,
Show band, show out, shut the battle down.
Discipline, Pride, Organization,
Three letters made a whole foundation,
Show must go on when the clouds get heavy,
Parade still rolling when the ground ain't ready.
[Chorus - The Anthem]
It don't rain on Fair Park band!
Black and gold, we don't fold, we don't bend!
DPO, that's the code that we live!
From the drumline to the horns, we give!
It don't rain on Fair Park band!
Legacy strong, still stand!
[Verse 2 - 1992, Untouchable]
Band of ninety-two, Mr. White said it was special,
Don’t roll your eyes at me, Mr. C the one that said special,
Year after pain, they came back untouchable,
11 years I watched, 4 years I marched, but '92 unforgettable.
Cory on trumpet, section leader, drill sergeant loud,
Bay Bay, Correll & Eddie, drum majors made the crowd bow, bow, bow!
How they marched? Colder than a mutha [whisper] hush yo mouth
That band was my baby brother and my brother's brothers.
[Pre-Chorus - Bridge to Now]
Now the letters on the building say Middle,
But the spirit in the building still little?
Nah. It's still BIG. It's still GOLD.
[Bridge - For the Middle School + Alumni Call]
From Fair Park High to Fair Park Middle, same soul,
Same black, same gold, same story told,
Leader: Breakdown!
MJ launched drones, showed how you give back,
Now alumni, it's our time to make sure they don’t lack
Give them instruments, give them pride, give them reason,
Teach 'em DPO is for every season,
This ain't nostalgia, it's inheritance,
Fair Park forever, that's the sentence
[clarinets and flute start]
[Final Chorus - Bigger, with Choir]
It don't rain on Fair Park band! (We don't stop!)
Black and gold, we don't fold, we don't bend! (We don't stop!)
DPO! Discipline! (We learn it)
Pride! Organization! (We earn it)
It don't rain on Fair Park band!
Fair Park High to Fair Park Middle, we still stand!
[Outro - Fade with Rain Chant]
Leader: Say it in the rain!
Kids: IT DON'T RAIN ON FAIR PARK BAND!
Leader: Say it for the ones who marched before!
Kids: IT DON'T RAIN ON FAIR PARK BAND!
All: FAIR! PARK! FOREVER!
[Crowd Chant]
DPO that’s how we roll
It don’t rain on Fair Park Band
DPO that how we roll
It don’t rain on Fair Park Band
Leader: Funk train
(Drum cadence)(cymbals)
[whisper] shake it off real slow
DPO
