What Makes a Man

Now I wanna send this song out to all the ladies out there

To all the ladies that have ever been done wrong by an old no-good man

Now fellas, you know a strong woman will take a whole lot of stuff

But when she gets tired and says enough is enough

There ain't no amount of talking you can do to get 'em back

Now ladies, I want you to listen to what I'm about to tell you

When I look in your eyes

And deep into your soul

I see nothing but pain, baby

And hurt immeasurable

See, you had a man

With one thing on his mind

Disregarding your feelings

And the hurt he left behind

I know what you're going through

And where you're coming from

He keeps coming back

'Cause you keep letting him

What he did had to take some nerve

But you just do right

And you'll get what you deserve

A good woman is so hard to find

Along with being crazy

You gotta be deaf, dumb and blind

You can't forget what he put you through

You can't treat people any kind of way

And think good gon' come to ya

But what makes a man

Wanna cheat on his woman?

And what makes a girl

Lay down and take it? Yeah

But what if that woman

Said enough is enough?

There would be nothing you can do, yeah

What would you do and what would you say

If I did to you what you did to me? Mmm

You said, "She was a friend, an old friend of mine"

Boy, you know you're cheatin'

But to me you stand in line

I do what I'm supposed to

Maybe more than I should

You keep doing bad, babe

'Cause you ain't no good, yeah

Have you ever once thought about more than yourself?

You can't be with me and somebody else

I'm tired of cryin' and losin' sleep over you

You can't have us both and just do what you wanna do

You ain't a man, and if you treat me this way

Payback is hell, you better hear what I say

But what makes a man

Wanna cheat on his woman?

And what makes a girl

Lay down and take it? Yeah

But what if that woman

Said enough is enough?

There would be nothing you can do, yeah

What makes a man (a man)

Cheat on his woman? (Cheat on his woman)

What makes a girl (girl) take it? (Oh, yeah)

What if that woman

Enough is enough?

Nothing you can do (no)

What makes a man

Cheat on his woman?

What makes a girl take it?

What if that woman

Enough is enough?

Nothing you can do