[Intro] Yeah... We ain't asking for a damn parade. Just quit acting like we're all the same. [Verse 1] Five in the morning, boots hit the floor, Kiss those babies, then I'm out the door, Ten-hour day turns twelve again, Still come home with a smile for them. Calloused hands and an aching back, Every damn dollar goes right back, Into that house, those clothes, that food, Nobody asks what it's doing to you. [Pre-Chorus] We hurt, we bleed, We break, we need, Sometimes being strong Means admitting you're weak. [Chorus] So let a man be a man, Let him work, let him love, Let him stand for his family When the road gets rough. Don't call him a monster Just 'cause somebody else was, We're fathers, we're brothers, We're more than what you've judged. Yeah, we got hearts underneath these hands— Sometimes we just need somebody to understand. Let a man... Let a man be a man. [Verse 2] I gave her my word, gave that woman my years, Then the truth came out and disappeared, She'd been living two lives underneath our roof, Then told everybody her version of the truth. Next thing I know, I'm begging for time With the little two faces that look just like mine, You can take that house, take half what I made, But don't make my children the price that I pay. [Pre-Chorus] Yeah, I'm pissed, I'm hurt, But I'm still Dad first, I won't teach my babies That hate fucking works. [Chorus] So let a man be a man, Let him work, let him love, Let him stand for his family When the road gets rough. Don't call him a monster Just 'cause somebody else was, We're fathers, we're brothers, We're more than what you've judged. Yeah, we got hearts underneath these hands— Sometimes we just need somebody to understand. Let a man... Let a man be a man. [Bridge – Spoken/Sung] Being a man ain't controlling somebody. It ain't raising your fist. It ain't running from your kids. It's showing the fuck up. It's keeping your word. Owning your mistakes. Protecting what you love without losing yourself along the way. And sometimes... A good man gets done wrong too. [Final Chorus] LET A MAN BE A MAN, Let him cry, let him stand, Let him carry his babies With those worn-out hands. Let him fight for his family, Let him proudly give a damn, You don't have to hate a woman Just to understand a man. We're sons, we're fathers, Still doing the best we can, So quit seeing an animal Every time you see a man. Yeah, there's a heart underneath these hands— All we're asking is... Understand. [Hook / Outro] Let a man work. Let a man love. Let a man hurt. Let a man get back up. Let a man... Be a man.
