Man Up/Down

I looked up to my cousin

He beat me with a shovel

And passed a bit of wisdom

Stop being such a girl

My best friend stopped talking to me

In the sixth grade

Cuz I told him that I loved him

Does that really make me gay

Drawing your class with a gun to their head

Won't you save that love for your wife instead

A man is a man that a man's gotta reach for

What happens to a man when he ain't what he reaches for

A man is a man that a man's gotta reach for

Led by the blind toward impossible goals

Picked a fight at lunch, slashed the neighbors tires

Didn't have an answer when my parents asked me why

Went and found a teacher that would steer me straight

It worked out great til his students got raped

Another role model put his wife in a stretcher

Another predator safe-space at the concert

Another relative became a cop

He used to have a klan member painted on his truck

Drawing your class with a gun to their head

Drawing your class with a gun to their head

Drawing your class with a gun to their head

Save that love for your wife instead

A man is a man that a man's gotta reach for

What happens to a man when he ain't what he reached for

A man is a man that a man's gotta reach for

Led by the blind toward impossible goals

Guns to their heads

Counselor said he found my planner

Drawing my class with a gun to their heads

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