Rise Above

© 2005 Beth Vernon

They push around, intimidate, condemn and criticize

Coldly stare down, berate, attack & terrorize

Walking insecurity with a paper thin facade

I wonder who died and made them God?

 

We’ve got to rise above (what are we afraid of?)

We’ve got to rise above (what will persuade us?)

Stop the damage to the soul and mind

Halt practices unkind

Well, sticks and stones only break a bone…but words will shatter hearts

Bones will heal, but words are steel and tear the heart apart

Why do bullies carry on? it’s hard to figure

I guess in some freak way, the power makes them bigger

 

CHORUS

Bridge : Some will wrongly say that boys will be boys

And girls, oh, they have their ways

But I am here to say that those wounds can last a lifetime—

And don’t you be fooled

It’s so uncool…

CHORUS