To be a man
[00:08.56] I can’t hide myself
[00:12.14] I don’t expect you to understand
[00:15.67] I just hope I can explain
[00:19.23] What it’s like to be a man
[00:22.75] It’s a lonely road and they don’t care about what you know
[00:30.58] It’s not about how you feel but what you provide inside that home
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[00:39.38] Yeah
[00:41.65] I know this life can really beat you down
[00:43.16] You wanna scream but you won’t make a sound
[00:46.66] Got so much weight that you been holdin’ but won’t show any emotion
[00:50.68] As a man it goes unspoken
[00:52.45] That we can’t cry when life gets hard
[00:56.47] Unconditional love’s for women, children, and dogs
[01:00.24] We know that we just have to play our parts
[01:03.03] And don’t nobody give a damn about our broken hearts, yeah
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[01:08.56] As a man we gotta pave our way
[01:10.82] Our only function is to work and slave
[01:14.61] There’s no respect for you if you ain’t payed
[01:17.62] You’re Disregarded as a human and you can’t complain
[01:21.41] And if you ever make it up and actually reach that place
[01:23.68] And find a woman that you love and give her your last name
[01:28.46] You’ll feel the things that you provide is only why she stays
[01:31.98] And when you try to explain you’ll say…
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[01:37.05] I can’t hide myself
[01:39.32] I don’t expect you to understand
[01:43.10] I just hope I can explain
[01:46.61] What it’s like to be a man
[01:50.13] It’s a lonely road and they don’t care about what you know
[01:57.94] It’s not bout how you feel but what you provide inside that home
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[02:05.51] Don’t give up, keep fightin’
[02:07.02] As a man our son is our horizon
[02:10.30] And our father’s actions play a role
[02:12.31] And we end up like ‘em
[02:13.81] So they can’t let us see them hurt
[02:15.82] ‘Cause we’ll embody what they do
[02:17.58] And start a generational curse
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[02:19.61] No wonder most men are so depressed
[02:20.61] All the things that they can’t express
[02:22.87] They go to war
[02:23.88] get thrown on the shelf
[02:24.88] Then go back to war with their mental health
[02:26.63] Then grab that bottle and ask for help
[02:28.15] Try to pull themselves out of hell
[02:30.17] Then fall back down and then realize that they gon’ have to do it themselves
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[02:34.46] It’s the circle of life
[02:34.71] As a man you provide
[02:37.48] They don’t know what you’re worth ‘til the day that you die
[02:40.99] And that’s when they start cryin’
[02:43.26] Then move on to a man to confide in
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[02:47.79] That’s why we feel
[02:49.56] We can’t hide ourselves
[02:51.85] We don’t expect you to understand
[02:55.86] We just hope we can explain
[02:59.13] What it’s like to be a man
[03:02.93] It’s a lonely road and you don’t care about what we know
[03:10.49] It’s not about how we feel but what we provide inside that home
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[03:19.05] That home
[03:25.60] It’s not about how we feel but what we provide inside that home
