THE REAL MAN [Intro - Female] There's this teacher I know... Nothing unusual. Smart guy. Quiet. Pretty ordinary. At least... that's what I thought. [Verse 1 - Female Rap] See him every morning, always right on time Nothing about him ever catches your eye Quiet and clever, kinda keeps to himself Never needs to prove he's smarter than everyone else Clothes kinda daggy, comfortable and plain Same sort of thing every day again Calm little smile, papers under his arm Nothing about him ever raises alarm He's the guy you ask when something goes wrong He'll think for a second, then tell you what's wrong No big performance, no need to impress Just an ordinary teacher, more or less And if you asked me what he does at night I'd probably say, "Goes home, right?" Maybe watches something, gets some sleep ...Turns out I didn't know anything. [Chorus - Female Singing] There's more to you Than anybody understands I knew the teacher Now I'm seeing the man Same quiet eyes But now I understand I thought I knew you Till I saw the real man The way you move The way you come alive All this was hiding Right there in plain sight I thought I knew you But I only knew one half Now I'm getting to know The real man [Verse 2 - Female Rap] Then one night I was out by chance Saw this guy walk past, made me look again Red fitted jacket, black cap pulled low Whole different presence, whole different flow Something familiar, couldn't work out why Then he turned his head as he passed me by I stopped dead Wait... Is that him? Nah. Couldn't be. Then later at the rink, there he was again Except he looked nothing like I'd known him then Music came up and he pushed from the wall And suddenly I didn't know this man at all Low on the edges, moving with the beat Changing direction like the sound moved his feet Dropped to the ice, palm down, back up Then hit that freeze like it wasn't enough Whole different style, whole different air Confidence I never knew was there Same quiet eyes, same familiar face But damn... Where'd this guy come from? [Chorus - Female Singing] There's more to you Than anybody understands I knew the teacher Now I'm seeing the man Same quiet eyes But now I understand I thought I knew you Till I saw the real man The way you move The way you come alive All this was hiding Right there in plain sight I thought I knew you But I only knew one half Now I'm getting to know The real man [Instrumental Break] [Playful old-school b-boy breakbeat, deep bass and scratches] [16 bars] [Verse 3 - Female Rap] Next morning, there he is at school Same plain clothes, acting perfectly cool Same quiet voice, same ordinary guy Like I didn't see another side last night He says, "Morning." I say, "Morning..." Trying not to laugh as he walks on by 'Cause everybody sees the teacher they know But I've seen where that quiet man goes Now I'm watching everybody passing him by Thinking, "You people have no idea" He's standing right there, hiding in sight Then turning into somebody else at night But maybe that's where I had it all wrong Neither side was pretending all along The quiet teacher, the man on the ice Different sides of the very same life Then he looks at me I look at him Little pause Little grin Oh... He knows I know. [Breakdown - Female] So now what? Do I tell somebody? Nah. Let them keep thinking they know him. [Final Chorus - Female Singing] There's more to you Than anybody understands I knew the teacher Now I'm seeing the man Same quiet eyes But now I understand Both sides were always Part of the same man The way you think The way you come alive All of it was there Right in front of my eyes I thought I knew you But I only knew one half Now I finally see The real man [Outro - Female] "Sir?" Yeah? "...Nothing." Little smile. Your secret's safe with me.
