Be a Man
Don’t chew your fingernails; chewing your fingernails will make you sick, there are a lot of germs under them; don’t sit that close to the television; do what I tell you, don’t talk back like your father; Can’t never did anything because he never tried; wake your brother up for school in the morning; don’t forget to brush your teeth before you leave for school; hold your brother’s hand while you walk; never hit anyone unless they hit you first; you will be sorry if your teachers call me because you misbehaved at school; do what I tell you, don’t roll your eyes like your father; tuck your shirt in and tie your shoes; always write your name in a way that won’t make you look stupid; always say please and thank you; wash your hand before and after you eat anything; do what I tell you, don’t stand with your hands in your pockets like your father; when you are playing a game with a girl, let her win the first two times, then beat her by one; never settle for second best unless your heart tells you that you must; you will know what that means when it happens; never, ever, under any circumstances, hit a girl; Can’t never did anything because he never tried; on your way home stop and pet the neighbors dogs, that way they will know you and not bark every time; do what I tell you, don’t smirk like your father; never climb anything you would be afraid to fall from; when you fall down, get up and walk off the pain; pain goes away; don’t cry; crying won’t make the pain go away; don’t bother Mr. Jackson, he’s old and might call the cops; if someone else starts to cry, don’t tell them to stop crying, ask if there is anything you can do to help; do what I tell you, don’t laugh like your father; if there ever comes a time when you think you are more of a man than some one else, then you are probably not; I don’t think you will turn out like your father, I only wish you won’t turn out like me.