The stories behind Pass It Forward

• "Pass It Forward" Turns Mentorship Into an Actual Program — The gospel-soul anthem's call-and-response bridge mirrors a formal mentoring track the field runs on purpose, not by accident.

Lyrics

Come gather close

There's a room beside this bench

Room beside this bench

A steady hand can teach what years have learned

He is heavenly He

is heavenly

I

Remember my first alarm quarter past two a

manual open why not sure what to do

You showed me where the signal broke, how patience finds the thread

How every quiet fix can keep a patient's hope ahead

You never made the lesson feel too far above my reach

You put the answer in my hands, then let the work teach

Now I see a newer face standing where I stood I'll share the map you gave

to me the way you said I could

Every circuit has a story, every question has a door

When we open what we gather, there is always a room for more.

Pass it forward,

pass it forward, lift someone higher, lift someone higher, keep the knowledge

movin' Keep the knowledge movin'

From this room to every shore

From this room to every shore

Pass it forward, lift someone higher

Keep the knowledge movin' evermore

Yeah, yeah

Bring the worn out service notes, the shortcut that you found

Training from a heart, one day the wisdom passed around

Bring the story of the fault that fooled us for a week

And the courage to ask one more question

When the answer's hard to see

A manual on the table

A workshop after shift

A message saying You can do this

Can be somebody's gift

Across the miles in languages

Through every changing room

One lesson lights another lamp

And knowledge starts to bloom

Every mentor was a learner

Every expert once began

What we build through years of service

Grows when shared from hand to hand

Pass it forward Pass it forward

Lift someone high Lift someone higher

Keep the knowledge moving

The knowledge moving Keep the knowledge moving

this room to every shore

From this room to every shore

Pass it forward, lift someone higher

Keep the knowledge moving evermore

Keep the knowledge moving evermore

Keep the knowledge moving evermore

One teaches one, then one more joins the line

One more joins the line

One more joins the line

See your hand, a willing heart, a future taking flight

Future taking flight Share the diagram, share the course

Tell the truth about the kind

Wait until the time

No gift is small when someone's waiting for a sign

Someone's waiting for a sign

Who will carry what we've learned?

We will carry what we've learned

Who will help the next one stand?

We will help the next one stand

Who will help the next one stand?

Across the globe

From hand to hand

Across the globe

From hand to hand

Pass it forward Pass it forward

Lift someone higher Lift someone higher

Keep the knowledge moving

Let every lesson reach one more

Pass it it forward

Lift someone higher Keep the knowledge moving

evermore Hey, pass it forward

Day by day Day by day

Day by day Lift someone higher all the way

Lift someone higher all the way

Lift someone higher all the way

Keep the knowledge moving through every hand

Through every hand Across every lane

Every day Pass it forward, let someone higher

Keep the knowledge, keep the knowledge

Keep the the knowledge

What we learn together,

what we give away

We'll guide another day,

pass it