To Be A Man

I can't hide myself I don't expect you to understand I just hope I can explain What it's like to be a man It's a lonely road And they don't care 'bout what you know It's not 'bout how you feel But what you provide inside that home Yeah, I know this life can really beat you down (uh) You wanna scream, but you won't make a sound (uh) Got so much weight that you've been holdin' But won't show any emotion, as a man, that goes unspoken, that we Can't cry when life gets hard Unconditional love for women, children, and dogs We know that we just have to play our parts And don't nobody give a damn about our broken hearts, yeah As a man, we gotta pave our way Our only function is to work and slave There's no respect for you if you ain't paid You're disregarded as a human and you can't complain And if you ever make it up and actually reach that place And find a woman that you love and give her your last name You'll feel the things that you provide is only why she stays And when you try to explain, you'll say I can't hide myself I don't expect you to understand I just hope I can explain What it's like to be a man (what it's like to be a man) It's a lonely road (it's a lonely road) And they don't care 'bout what you know (care 'bout what you know) It's not 'bout how you feel But what you provide inside that home Don't give up, keep fightin' As a man, our son is our horizon And our father's actions play a role and we end up like him So they can't let us see them hurt 'Cause they'll embody what they do and start a generational curse No wonder most men are so depressed All the things that they can't express They go to war, get thrown on the shelf Then go back to war with they mental health Then grab that bottle and ask for help Try to pull themselves out of hell Then fall back down and then realize That they gon' have to do it themselves It's the circle of life, as a man, you provide They don't know what you're worth 'til the day that you die And that's when they start cryin' Then move on to a man to confide in That's why we feel We can't hide ourselves (ourselves) We don't expect you to understand We just hope we can explain What it's like to be a man (what it's like to be a man) It's a lonely road (it's a lonely road) And you don't care 'bout what we know (care 'bout what we know) It's not 'bout how we feel But what we provide inside that home (inside that home) That home It's not 'bout how we feel But what we provide inside that home (inside that home)