​stic.man - That's What Men Do lyrics

"The secret to success is to have no fear"

That's What Men Do

I ain't no pimp
I ain’t no player i'm just true to myself
Why would I take from a woman
What I could do for myself?
I see the young homies tryna be grown
Spittin’ they little game
Thinkin’ their life is ‘bout some
Weed and a little change
But fast forward 5 to 10
Years and then it clicks
I've been hanging out
Wasting my time chasing these chicks
Now these chicks got apartments and jobs
Pushin’ new cars
And we still borrowin’ change for cigars
Can I holler at my dogs? It ain’t no
Time left to have these low standards
It's only right we got to
Go from boyhood to manhood
Our ancestors left a legacy of excellence
We come from great warriors, riders
That rode for the realist shit
Am I wrong for telling it like it is
Beloved? I know the system stay on our
Backs and got us thuggin’
But ‘long as we’re alive we got
A purpose no man is perfect
Every day you wake up
You just got to take your plan and work it

G's do what we want, busters do what they can
Stop fucking around and be a man

I got homies going to court for child support
But they never dressed in nothing
Less then polo sport i know smart, capable
Talented grown men that's drunks
Niggas that can run they own
Company sittin’ on they butts
Not for nothing i ain't shittin’
On my own not even
I'm saying we miss out on so
Much in the lives we leading
Yeah, the system is against us yeah
The game is out to get us
But we men, we ain’t no quitters
All we got is us, my niggas
We was kings before we fell
Into this modern day hell
Doin’ chattel slavery time
Only the strongest rebel what is a G
If it's just a cool letter to say?
To me a G is responsible, he do what he say
G is for grown man, give it his all
Reaching them goals
It's that brotherly strength each
One of us holds
Deep in our souls in business moves
He's a competent planner
So he can move in a smooth, confident manner
That's what men do

G's do what we want, busters do what they can
Stop fucking around and be a man

"Kwame Nkrumah said, "The secret to success
Is to have no fear, " and to
Me, that is the core but in order
For you to have no fear, you have to have
A foundation a base upon which you can
Stand no matter what, be a man, still
Stand up for what is right, still act
Truthfully when everybody around
Him is wrong, a man can stand alone"

(That's what men do) we take care of home
We take care of our own
Discipline our daughters and sons up strong
(That's what men do) he’s family-first
Puttin’ in work a grown man gon’ handle
That business can I get a witness?
(That's what men do)
I am what I am, accept it or not
If he raise
You don't front show respect for your pops
(That's what men do)
Protect you from harm my word is my bond
We're making sure the little homies
Get where they're goin’ (That’s what men do)

"If you are not a man, then you
Can wash whatever way the tide sweeps
Walking around with a false sense of manhood"