143 - Intellectual

[Intro: Mister Rogers]

I don't care how many, even if it's just one

So it's always flashing its lights 1-4-3...I love you

Red cardigan and the sneakers too

Signed every letter ‘I’m proud of you’

Even as a kid, I always knew

He was a great man, one of very few

Say his name, better come correct

Treated everybody with the same respect

Did his best to eliminate child neglect

When I read his last words I sat and wept

Mistеr rogers means a lot to me

Causе I know if I met him he would listen to me

Was A kid known to fidget, with the ADHD

Yet he had me on the couch glued to my screen

Curating every single scene

Welcome to the neighborhood of make believe

He always kept himself super tidy and clean

And he put a black man on the kids tv

If we can be present - we get so wrapped up in numbers in our society

And-the most important thing is that we're able to be 1-to-1, you and I, with each other, in the moment

Thirty straight years never changed his weight

Promoted tolerance while condemning hate

Take 10 seconds to appreciate

All the things that got you to this exact date

“When you feel so mad that you want to roar

Just take a deep breath and count to four”

Always outspoken and against the war

If you sent him a letter he would never ignore

Mental health a common topic addressed

We should validate emotions, not keep 'em suppressed

Always the first to stand up for the many oppressed

His attention to the details never failed to impress

A man of God, he would always pray

But he loved you the same if you were straight or gay

I wish that he could be alive today

I was five years old when he died that day

I love you. I love you

And, he said, you know Fred, there's one thing that evil cannot stand, and that - is forgiveness