I can't hide myselfI don't expect you to understandI just hope I can explainWhat it's like to be a manIt's a lonely roadAnd they don't care 'bout what you knowIt's not 'bout how you feelBut what you provide inside that homeYeah, I know this life can really beat you down, uhYou wanna scream but you won't make a sound, uhGot so much weight that you've been holdin'But won't show any emotion, as a man, that goes unspokenThat we can't cry when life gets hardUnconditional love for women, children and dogsWe know that we just have to play our partsAnd don't nobody give a damn about our broken hearts, yeahAs a man, we gotta pave our wayOur only function is to work and slaveThere's no respect for you if you ain't paidYou're disregarded as a human and you can't complainAnd if you ever make it up and actually reach that placeAnd find a woman that you love and give her your last nameYou'll feel the things that you provide is only why she staysAnd when you try to explain, you'll sayI can't hide myselfI don't expect you to understandI just hope I can explainWhat 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 feelBut what you provide inside that homeDon't give up, keep fightin'As a man, our son is our horizonAnd our fathers' actions play a role and we end up like himSo they can't let us see them hurt'Cause we'll embody what we do and start a generational curseNo wonder most men are so depressedAll the things that they can't expressThey go to war, get thrown on the shelfThen go back to war with they mental healthThen *** that bottle and ask for helpTry to pull themselves out of hellThen fall back down and then realizeThat they gon' have to do it themselvesIt's the circle of life, as a man, you provideThey don't know what you're worth 'til the day that you dieAnd that's when they start cryin'Then move on to a man to confide inThat's why we feelWe can't hide ourselvesWe don't expect you to understandWe just hope we can explainWhat 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 feelBut what we provide inside that home (inside that home)That homeIt's not 'bout how we feelBut what we provide inside that home (inside that home)