The Measure Of A Man

I'm trynna figure out my purpose
As a man my place inside this world on the legs in which I stand
Like walking up a hill each foot in the sand
And on top of that dont even have a light to guide my hand
So I stumble and fall my backs against the wall
"Somewhere over the rainbow" though im 5'7 tall
So sorry yall you keep saying the grass is greener
But the older that I get my road doesn't get cleaner
Yes I wish "I was a little bit taller"
Mind of a scholar, will she be in to me if I call her
I got own apartment, but she only dates ballers
Guidance was lacking like boy with out a FAAAAAATHER
Now let it all sink in; see she was "loving the crew like the weekend"
My heart is broken so my strength is kind of weaked...
We all got a story tell me where I began
Do I start when I 1st moved to " the A" house hoping, homeless
Looking for a place to stay
A "college drop-out" style different from today
So my flow is reminiscent of the old kanye
Well I guess it "all Falls down"
But am I still a king if I'm still building my crown
I'm just trying to understand
I guess "everything I'm not made me everything I am"

I never said that I knew it all
I never said that my life was with out flaw
And I don't know if I will find a queen who will stay and fight
Because she sees so much in me
Here I Am
Is life so hard to comprehend
But I think its time I make a STAND though im still defining
The measure of a man

See I was raised by multiple queens
"Lauren Hill Everything " was ev-er-y-thing
Told just keep a job and keep going to work
And I got most of my examples from the Brothas in church
Put on a 3-peice suit upon their masculine frame
Then pulled the car up for their wife every time it would rain
That image stayed in my mind so vividly
I guess it was the 1st time I ever would see chivalry
From then on I tried to be the perfect guy
As I'm crossing all my T's and dotting all of my I's
Thinking I just needed a good woman next to me
But still how can lead when im lacking in my identity!
And honestly I don't need another female friend
Could create a basketball team and call it estrogen
I'm the MVP 5-time champion of the reliable friend with no benefits naaaaw
That's over that's all in the past
I refuse to be the nice guy who finishes last
Time to level up; graduate; top of my class
A toast to "myself" even if I'm only holding the glass
So party, party, party still I came quite a distance
It's time for me to celebrate my existence
And that journey from boy to man
I kind of feel like "Drake" walking in my "God's Plan" but still

I never said that I knew it all
I never said that my life was with out flaw
And I don't know if I will find a queen who will stay and fight
because she sees so much in me
Here I Am
Is life so hard to comprehend
But I think its time I make a STAND though im still defining
The measure of a man

(OH I never knew it)
I never said that I knew it all
(I never knew it all)
I never said that my life was with out flaw
(I've got my flaws whoa yeah)
And I don't know if I will find a queen who will stay and fight
Because she sees so much in me
(But im still growing as a man so won't you take me as I am)
Here I Am
Is life so hard to comprehend
But I think its time I make a STAND
(I gotta make a stand)
Though im still defining
(In the MEASURE OF A MAN)
The measure of a man
(Whoooa ohhh ohhh ohhh ohh)
I'm still defining the Measure of a man
(Thank you for rocking with me on this journey)