Listen people take a look around
Stop judging your neighbor
Don’t put him down
You don’t know his story
Or where he’s been
He’s just trying to get by
Trying to fit in
We all come from different backgrounds
Black yellow, white brown
Don’t let the hue
Bother you
Every man’s journey
Is his own truth?
Call Out brother can you use a hand?
Take a minute from your busy day
I know you’re hurting
But hurting someone else
Won’t make it go away
Unwanted babies
grow up someday
Don’t know how to love
Don’t know what to say
We can teach through example
Teach with respect
Insults and put downs
Have had their effect
So listen up people
take a look around
Stop judging your neighbor
Don’t put him down
Look around at strangers
On a busy street
People coming
People going you’ll never meet
When God brings people
into your life
Into your way
Before you feel the need to criticize
Think about
What you’re about to say
Listen up people
Just take a look
a round
Look at things from a different view
What if you were him and he were you?
If you traded places, could you do any better?
Get any farther with his life?
Maybe he comes from nothing
Maybe it’s all he can do to stay alive
Maybe he’s hungry
Or tired
Or riddled with pain
Nobody loved him as a child
Has his mama’s maiden name?
Be patient and kind
While he figures it out
He’s not there
To slow you down
Listen up people
Take a look around
Don’t bully
Don’t hate
Give each other a break
Some of us born down a gravel road
Some of four lane interstate
But the credit goes out
To the dirt road Joe’s
Who made it this far without shoes
on they feet
Don’t roll your eyes
Or look down your nose
Entitled, as you
may
be
Shady comments
To those less fortunate
Is the worst kind of
ugly
Listen up people
take a look around
Be glad we all different
Now
Take a look around
