One of the Free To Be You And Me project’s core goals was to break down gender stereotypes and expected roles for children. In this track, noted football star of the 1970s Rosey Grier – part of the “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line of the Los Angeles Rams, breaks with his then-image of being a “to...
It's all right to cry
Crying gets the sad out of you
It's all right to cry
It might make you feel better
Raindrops from your eyes
Washing all the mad out of you
Raindrops from your eyes
It's gonna make you feel better
It's all right to feel things
Though the feelings may be strange
Feelings are such real things
And they change, and change, and change
Sad n' grumpy, down in the dumpy
Snuggly, hugly, mean and ugly
Sloppy, slappy, hoppy, happy
Change, and change, and change
It's all right to feel things
Though the feelings may be strange
Feelings are such real things
And they change, and change, and change
It's all right to know
Feelings come, and feelings go
It's all right to cry
It might make you feel better
[Spoken]
It's all right to cry, little boy
I know some big boys that cry too
Rosey Grier released It’s All Right To Cry on Wed Nov 01 1972.