To Be A Man-Dax/Darius Rucker

[ti:To Be A Man] [ar:Dax/Darius Rucker] [al:To Be A Man] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To Be A Man - Dax/Darius Rucker [00:00.18]Lyrics by：Daniel Nwosu Jr./Alex Nour [00:00.36]Composed by：Daniel Nwosu Jr./Alex Nour [00:00.54]Produced by：Lex Nour [00:00.65]I can't hide myself [00:04.16]I don't expect you to understand [00:07.85]I just hope [00:08.96]I can explain [00:11.45]What it's like to be a man [00:15.05]It's a lonely road [00:18.51]And they don't care 'bout what you know [00:22.73]It's not 'bout how you feel [00:25.43]But what you provide inside that home [00:30.86]Being a man is what you make it [00:33.12]You can't always live up to expectation [00:36.60]You try to please everybody [00:39.10]While you struggle so you fake it [00:41.05]And end up out of balance compromising situations [00:44.49]As a good man [00:46.93]Do what he should man [00:48.72]I give everything he has [00:49.96]And do everything he could man [00:51.80]You might find yourself feeling all alone [00:55.38]Inside a house you built [00:56.99]That you don't recognize as home [00:59.63]And that's what my told daddy me [01:01.44]And I'll tell my son same [01:03.34]Now that I'm older I relate [01:05.15]And I actually feel his pain [01:07.02]He never criedhe might have lied [01:08.84]But he did not complain [01:10.52]And he said son [01:11.50]One day you'll have to do the same [01:14.22]I get emotional [01:15.24]When I stop [01:16.03]And think and I look around [01:18.68]Beyond the county lines of my small town [01:21.54]I think about all the men out there [01:23.10]Who feel like I do now [01:25.12]Who are screaming on the inside [01:26.71]But won't ever make a sound [01:28.01]I can't hide myself [01:31.39]I don't expect you to understand [01:35.02]I just hope [01:36.11]I can explain [01:38.64]What it's like to be a man [01:41.25]What it's like to be a man [01:42.64]It's a lonely road [01:44.08]It's a lonely road [01:45.95]And they don't care 'bout what you know [01:48.71]Care 'bout what you know [01:50.07]It's not 'bout how you feel [01:52.36]But what you provide inside that home [01:56.90]Don't give up [01:58.28]Keep fightin' [01:59.63]As a man our son is our horizon [02:02.35]And our fathers' actions play a role [02:04.22]And we end up like him [02:05.87]So they can't let us see them hurt [02:07.93]'Cause we'll embody what they do [02:09.79]And start a generational curse [02:11.64]No wonder most men are so depressed [02:13.56]All the things that they can't express [02:15.36]They go to war get thrown on the shelf [02:17.08]Then go back to war with they mental health [02:18.89]Then grab that bottle [02:19.78]And ask for help [02:20.63]Try to pull themselves out of hell [02:22.48]Then fall back down and then realize [02:24.32]That they gon' have to do it themselves [02:26.12]It's the circle of life [02:28.01]As a man you provide [02:29.63]They don't know what you're worth [02:31.37]'Til the day that you die [02:33.35]And that's when they start cryin' [02:35.98]Then move on to a man to confide in [02:39.69]That's why we feel [02:40.60]We can't hide ourselves [02:42.41]We can't hide ourselves [02:44.01]We don't expect you to understand [02:47.53]Understand [02:47.94]We just hope we can explain [02:50.62]We can explain [02:51.52]What it's like to be a man [02:53.95]What it's like to be a man [02:55.22]It's a lonely road [02:56.95]It's a lonely road [02:58.79]And you don't care 'bout what we know [03:01.29]Care 'bout what we know [03:02.81]It's not 'bout how we feel [03:05.17]How we feel [03:06.01]We provide inside that home [03:09.14]Inside that home [03:13.44]That home [03:14.54]That home [03:17.22]It's not 'bout how we feel [03:19.34]Not 'bout how we feel [03:20.75]We provide inside that home [03:23.73]Inside that home