I can't hide myself, I don't expect you to understand

I just hope I can explain what it's like to be a man

It's a lonely road, and they don't care 'bout what you know

It's not 'bout how you feel, but what you provide inside that home

Yeah, I know this life can really beat you down, uh

You wanna scream, but you won't make a sound, uh

Got so much weight that you've been holdin'

But won't show any emotion, as a man, that goes unspoken

That we can't cry when life gets hard

Unconditional love for women, children, and dogs

We know that we just have to play our parts

And don't nobody give a damn about our broken hearts, yeah

As a man, we gotta pave our way

Our only function is to work and slave

There's no respect for you if you ain't paid

You're disregarded as a human and you can't complain

And if you ever make it up and actually reach that place

And find a woman that you love and give her your last name

You'll feel the things that you provide is only why she stays

And when you try to explain, you'll say

I can't hide myself, I don't expect you to understand

I just hope I can explain what it's like to be a man (what it's like to be a man)

It's a lonely road (it's a lonely road)

And they don't care 'bout what you know (care 'bout what you know)

It's not 'bout how you feel, but what you provide inside that home

Don't give up, keep fightin', as a man, our son is our horizon

And our fathers' actions play a role, and we end up like him

So they can't let us see them hurt

'Cause they'll embody what we do and start a generational curse

No wonder most men are so depressed, all the things that they can't express

They go to war, get thrown on the shelf, then go back to war with they mental health

Then grab that bottle and ask for help, try to pull themselves outta hell

Then fall back down and then realize that they gon' have to do it themselves

It's the circle of life, as a man, you provide

They don't know what you're worth 'til the day that you die

And that's when they start cryin'

Then move on to a man to confide in, that's why we feel

We can't hide ourselves, we don't expect you to understand

We just hope we can explain what it's like to be a man (what it's like to be a man)

It's a lonely road (it's a lonely road)

And you don't care 'bout what we know (care 'bout what we know)

It's not 'bout how we feel, but what we provide inside that home (inside that home) that home

It's not 'bout how we feel, but what we provide inside that home (inside that home)