Jian Yi (Chinese: 简艺; pinyin: jiǎn yì) is a Chinese independent filmmaker, visual artist, and writer.
Jian Yi is currently a member of the Art Advisory Board for Yale-China Association, CT, USA. In 2012-2013, he lived and worked at the 1700-year-old Buddhist monastery at the foot of Mt. Lushan, a World Heritage Site, for two years. He received an MA in International Peace Studies from University of Notre Dame in 1998 and an MA in International Journalism from Beijing Broadcasting Institute in 1999. He is the founder & director of ARTiSIMPLE Studio which was founded in January 2005 and has pioneered the art of collaborative community and citizen projects. He launched the IFCHINA pilot project in Ji'an of Jiangxi, China in 2008-09 with Douglas Xiao and Eva Song. Jian Yi is a Starr Foundation Fellowship grantee (’07-‘08) under the New York-based Asian Cultural Council, a Fellow ('08-'10) of the India China Institute at the New School in New York City and a Visiting Fellow (‘07) at CRASSH of Cambridge University. Jian Yi is one of the Yale World Fellows appointed by Yale University in the year 2009. He is a delegate to Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit in Jakarta in 2011.
yeah this is for my brothers in the hood
and the high risers, on the mansions with the maids
we gotta come together, come on y'all
Case, Ginuwine, Tyrese and me R.L.
help me sing it falles, yeah
CASE
I'm sitting here alone
trying to face another day
gotta stay stong, hmm
to endure this pain
R.L.
I'm dealing with right now
it flipped my whole life upside down
i don't want your help
i d'n't need your sympathy, no
what can a brother do for me?
(see he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can't see)
what can a brother do for me
(he can help you be the best man i can be)
(oh i can be, i can be, oh i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(oh yeah, yeah.yeah)
TYRESE
(be the best man)
i made a big mistake
and i'm feeling so ashamed
and i don't want to lose my friendship over it
i've gotta keep the faith, yes i do
GINUWINE
cause i'm still your boy.i've got your back
that'll never, never, never.never gonna change
so i can just cite the truth
and keep smiling in your face
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can't see)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help me be the best man i can be)
(i can be.i can be, oh i can be, i can be)
TYRESE
i keep struggling but i'm trying my best
i got to face this with my own confidence
lord help me to forgive and forget
can you please help me to be a better man?!
R.L.
for the rest of the darkest nights
shines the brightest sun
i ain't the man i used to be
i'm better than before
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can know the wrong to make it right)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can see)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, i can be, i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, i can be, i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, whoa i can be, oh i can be, oh i can be)
help me be the best man i can
CASE
cause he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
yes he's is my brother, brother, brother, brother
R.L.
sees when i'm down on my luck and
Car ain't running, women done left me
i ain't got nothing and it's cold outside
he'll give me a ride
when it's late at night
cuz he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
see sometime i might go astray but he'll lead me back the right way
and tell me everything's okay
cuz he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
brother, brother, brother, brother
oh i know sometimes you'll need me and i got your back
oh cuz i know you got mine
cuz you're my brother
and i love you, love you, love you
you can count on me, sing it
Case, Tyese and G, and are my brother, brother, brother
TYRESE
R.L. oh my brother
late up at night
if you need a helping hand just call on me
talking about my brothers, brothers, brothers
all across the world, my brothers yeah