Some people bring you gifts
Some bring you bricks to weight you down
So they can swim a little higher while you drown 
Some people mean so well
Their way was the best way that they found
But any other way you choose is a brick that weights you down
So tell me what do I do with this backpack full of bricks 
And sticks and stones and words that stuck to me like chicks

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free of all the words we saved 'till we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can believe in the person God intended us to be
Let it be

Some people give themselves a brick, I know most people do 
When we compare we fall short somewhere
It's always true 
If all we see is where we fall, we've bricked a prison wall 
Instead of trying to learn to fly we've taught ourselves to crawl 
So tell me what do I do with this backpack full of bricks 
And sticks and stones and words that stuck to me like chicks

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free of all the words we saved 'till we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can believe in the person God intended us to be
Let it be

We could believe in ourselves, more, we could try for unique
Instead of trying to conform
We could defy what they tell us
And don't buy the lies they sell us 
If we're brave we can believe in what we are

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free of all the words we saved 'till we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can believe in the person God intended us to be
Let it be
Oh, let it be