To Be a Man

Don't wade in muddy water if you can't swim
The snags and holes make chances slim
If you can swim don't wade at all
Why stub your toe, why risk a fall?

The water's clear
And the bottom sand
To swim the sea
To walk the land
The Great design
The Master plan
To be a Man

If you give a boy just half a chance
He might become just half a Man
If you stunt his growth and keep him small
He'll become no Man at all

But give him room
And let him go
The land is good
And a Man must grow

The Great design
The master plan
To be a Man.

Well here's that ladder now
Come let's climb
The first rung it's yours
The rest is mine

Well I can climb until I reach the top
You must climb one rung they say
And then must stop

But my arms have power
And my heart has pride
With this bottom rung
I'm not satisfied

Well I'll climb up
Or I'll shake you down

I fear no fall
I'm on the ground
The Great design
The Master plan

It's Nature's law
It's God's command
One must be free on sea and land

To be a man
To be a man
To be a man