tesla - be a man lyrics

hey! yeah, yeah. uh huh.

bustin' ass all day
just to put food on the table.
and i always will for as long as i am able.
done all i could,
ev'rything that a man should do.
still they refuse to call me,
call me what i am. hey!

do you know what it takes to be a man?
don't take a whole lots of money,
diamond rings upon your hand, no.
that ain't what it takes to be a man.
do right by the ones you love,
always give a helpin' hand. yes, i do.

now i've been through it all
seen the good, the bad, the ugly.
always take care of my share of responsibilities.
now, just because i grow my hair
and play in a rockin' band,
old folks are always telling me,
"boy, why don't you grow up
and be a man." hey!

i know what it takes to be a man.
it ain't the way you look
or the clothes that you wear.
that ain't what it takes to be a man.
do right by the ones you love,
always lend a helpin' hand.

i know i got what it takes,
i know i got what it takes to be a man.
so go ahead and say what you will.
because i know what i am,
just what i am. ow!

alright. ow! hey!

i know what it takes to be a man.
i've got what it takes
and you know i know what i am.
i know what it takes to be a man.
so go ahead, say what you will
'cause i know what i am.
i'm a man.
hoo hoo hoo hoo. i'm a man.
i know i got what it takes,
i know i got what it takes, ow!