Being a man don't mean you have to fight for honour
being a man don't mean you got the right to all the
all the things that make your eyes grow open wide
those things don't earn you true respect,
they are not a measure of your pride
it takes more strength sometimes to turn and walk away
when you feel like you got to prove that you're a man
and you don't play
being a man isn't easy but please try to be a man

being a man isn't measured by your way with women
i need a man who will stand by me
through thick and thin cause
any boy can make a child and disappear
and deny responsibilities crying on that life ain't fair
it isn't easy to stay on an raise a child
but you took the time to make a baby
take the time to make a life
being a man isn't easy but please try to be a man

sometimes the things you've got to do they seem so wrong
no-one said that life was fair we all got to carry on
being a man isn't easy but please try to be a man

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