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Artist: Jake Edwards
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You Can't Tell Me (I'm Not a Man)
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You Can't Tell Me (I'm Not a Man)
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How do you know you’re a man?
Is it in the way you shape your hand
Into a fist?
Never kissed by your emotions
Or the devotion to never crying
How do you look at the world
And only see a little girl
Behind a mask
I never asked for your approval
Just removal of prejudiced bastards
I will never believe you
When you tell me I'm not a man
I’ll never raise my fist to you
I’ll make love hearts with my hands
‘Cause I'm a man, yes I am
And more than you will ever be
I'm a man, yes I am
And more than you will ever see
‘Cause I am free
What’s the difference anyway
Some are born and some are made
After a war inside our heads
And then we put the doubt to bed
Can we please just put your doubts to bed
I don’t see what I gotta prove
Don’t think about what I will lose
Focus on the fight at hand
And know that I'm a real man
Someday I will prove to you
That black and white and pink and blue
Mean shit to my identity
There's greys in masculinity
‘Cause I'm a man, yeah
And more than you will ever be
I'm a man, yes I am
And more than you will ever see
‘Cause I am free
You can judge and break me down
But I will always be around
I'm getting stronger everyday
It’s building in my DNA
The world’s a stage, but I refuse
To be told exactly what to do
Fuck the roles and fuck the lines
I'm not someone you can define
‘Cause I'm a man, yeah
And more than you will ever be
I'm a man, yes I am
And more than you will ever see
‘Cause I'm a man, yes I am
And more than you will ever be
I'm a man, yes I am
And more than you will ever see
‘Cause I am free
I am free, free
From the confines of masculinity
I am free, free
From the confines of masculinity
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