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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