I'M A MAN Lyrics

I didn't know how to be a man

Didn't have no father of my own

Raised by my mama, all by herself

Gave me the best damn life that she could

No man to look up to

So I fell into the wrong crowd

Trouble follow me where I go

Then mama kicked me to the streets

I was all alone, no penny to my name

No skill to rely on

I tried to grow up but I always fell short

So I fell into the wrong crowd

Like seven friends were all I had

They'd always try to pull me

I didn't know how to lead at all

All I knew was the walls were this high

I followed blindly, made me weak at the knees

And I fell into the wrong crowd

I fell in with the wrong crowd

I fell in with the damn wrong crowd

One day the old man, he came unto me

Held out his hand and said, listen here boy

Your life's a mess and it don't need to be

There's still time to change your ways, hey

All I known was to hit and run

Never getting too close to anyone

But then I met the girl who changed my world

She'd say, be the man I know you can be

We got married for all the wrong reasons

I lied and I cheated, it was my way of life

Instead of throwing me out

She'd smile and say, I understand

You had no one to look up to

For this I can forgive

I never thought this life was for me

But we built ourselves a real family

Now I'm on the straight and narrow

Life seems so simple now

I used to drink my walls away

Twelve years sober and I've changed my ways

Now I'm a man they can rely on

Yeah, yeah, yeah