Feed Your Brother

# FEED YOUR BROTHER [INTRO – DARK BANJO / OUD / DISTANT NEY / LOW ELECTRONIC DRONE] [MALE VOCAL ONLY – LOW SPOKEN COUNTRY VOICE] Matthew chapter twenty-five, verses thirty-five through forty. “For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited Me in.” [PAUSE] “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me.” [DEEP SUB-BASS PULSE] So when they come to our door... What will they find? [VERSE 1 – MALE VOCAL ONLY / SPARSE DARK COUNTRY] You built a house with a steeple high, Sing your songs while the hungry walk by. You preach about mercy, you preach about grace, But what does compassion look like in this place? You say, “Come in,” then you close the door, While somebody’s hungry, somebody’s poor. [NEY ENTERS / BEAT PULLS BACK] If Jesus stood outside in the rain, Would you know His face... or turn Him away? [PRE-CHORUS – FEMALE VOCAL ONLY / OUD + ELECTRONIC BUILD] You can lift your hands, You can shout His name, But faith without works is a faith gone dead. The Word is clear, So what will you do When the least of these comes knocking on you? [DARBUKA BUILD / FIDDLE RISE] [CHORUS – MALE AND FEMALE DUET / DARK HYBRID DROP] FEED YOUR BROTHER. FEED YOUR SISTER. Don’t turn away. Don’t say, “Find another.” If he’s hungry, give him bread. If she’s thirsty, give her drink. Jesus said... “What you did for them... YOU DID FOR ME.” [HEAVY SUB-BASS HIT / FIDDLE + OUD] Open that door. Let mercy speak. Don’t build a church with a heart made of stone. If you’ve got enough, don’t leave them alone. FEED YOUR BROTHER. FEED YOUR SISTER. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. [BANJO / OUD / GLITCHED FIDDLE BREAK] [VERSE 2 – FEMALE VOCAL ONLY / DARK COUNTRY FORWARD] Somebody’s sleeping underneath the sky, While we walk past and testify. We talk revival, we talk about fire, But where is compassion when somebody cries? Food in the pantry, stacked on the shelf, But “church folks only” leaves somebody else Standing outside with an empty hand. [INSTRUMENTS THIN / DISTANT NEY] Tell me... Is that what the Savior planned? [PRE-CHORUS – FEMALE VOCAL ONLY / DARK BUILD] If a brother or sister has nothing to eat, And all that we give them are words from our lips, What good is faith that refuses to move? If we have enough... What will we do? [FRAME DRUMS / DARBUKA / SYNTH RISE] [CHORUS – MALE AND FEMALE DUET / HEAVIER HYBRID DROP] FEED YOUR BROTHER. FEED YOUR SISTER. Don’t turn away. Don’t say, “Find another.” If he’s hungry, give him bread. If she’s thirsty, give her drink. Jesus said... “What you did for them... YOU DID FOR ME.” [HEAVY DROP] Open that door. Let mercy speak. Don’t build a church with a heart made of stone. If you’ve got enough, don’t leave them alone. FEED YOUR BROTHER. FEED YOUR SISTER. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. [INSTRUMENTAL – ELECTRIC FIDDLE / OUD DUEL OVER DARK MIDTEMPO BASS] [BRIDGE – FEMALE VOCAL ONLY / NEY + OUD / BEAT STRIPPED] I’m not talking about a building. I’m talking about the church. Not the walls. Not the programs. The people doing God’s work. If the hungry are outside, then the church should be outside too. [FRAME DRUM HEARTBEAT BEGINS] [MALE VOCAL ONLY / DARK BUILD] If the hurting are crying, somebody better follow through. You can preach it from the pulpit. You can preach it in the street. But if you see your brother hungry... [ALL ELECTRONICS CUT] Give your brother... something to eat. [DEEP BASS IMPACT] [BREAKDOWN – MALE VOCAL ONLY / HALF-TIME] Don’t tell me you love Jesus then leave His people cold. Don’t tell me you have mercy while you guard what you hold. The question isn’t... “Are they one of us?” [COMPLETE SILENCE] [FEMALE VOCAL ONLY – QUIET] The question is... Did we show them Jesus? [LONG SILENCE] [SINGLE BANJO PICK] [OUD ANSWERS] [NEY BREATH] [FIDDLE RISES] [SUB-BASS SWELL / DARBUKA BUILD] [FINAL DROP – MALE AND FEMALE DUET / MASSIVE] FEED YOUR BROTHER. FEED YOUR SISTER. OPEN THE DOOR. DON’T TURN AWAY. If they’re hungry, give them bread. If they’re thirsty, give them drink. When you serve the hurting... YOU’RE SERVING HIM. [HEAVY HYBRID DROP] Let the church be more than Sunday words. Let the love of Jesus finally be heard. FEED YOUR BROTHER. FEED YOUR SISTER. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL – FIDDLE + OUD / BANJO / DARK SYNTH BASS / DARBUKA] [OUTRO – ELECTRONICS FADE] [FEMALE VOCAL ONLY – SOFT / DISTANT NEY] One day the King will ask what we did for the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the hurting. [MALE VOCAL ONLY] Not how big the building was. Not how loud we sang. But whether mercy found our hands when somebody called our name. [SINGLE OUD NOTE] [FEMALE VOCAL ONLY] Feed your brother. Feed your sister. [MALE AND FEMALE DUET] Open the door. Show them Jesus. [NEY FADES INTO SILENCE]