Being a man is what every young man should aspire to be. If we men don’t show them how, they will continue to fall in the ghetto.
If you are fed up with watching our youth drop out of schools, fill up the jails of America, Fathering childnen and not taking care of them… then play this song.
Play it for the young men who you think need to hear it. Memorize the Hook and recite it, teach it to others… This is what we need to hear more of. Akil
lyrics
You’re a man now!
Action separates the boys from men
I’ve been active up in my hood and now I’m poised to win
No longer poison’n or destroy’n kin
And soul no longer celebrates the joys of sin
You’re a man now (huh), it’s time to take the reigns
And escape the fate, that incarcerate our brains
Today i break the chains, now I’m awake and sane
Start with your heart, so you can make the change
You’re a man now! Go head and take the lead
Young cats roam aimlessly, so quick to make you bleed
I wish to make’um see, how much our people need
Each and every black mind, we loosen’um all the time
They choose’n to fall in crime,
amusing to other kinds
We take ourselves out the game;
they don’t need to cross the color line
When in time, Black men will face extinction
For the sake of the race let’s let the heal’n begin
You’re a man now!, You gotta stack and learn
Draw a map, know ya path, you can’t lack concern
You’re a man now! Take your place and lead
Only the better man stays when he creates the seed
You’re a man now! , It’s time to better yourself
Better educate your mind so you can better your wealth
You’re a man now! No one but you and me
Can repair the damage caused by our history
We’re far from the first place, livin’ in the worst case
Genocide, we getting swept off the Earth’s face
100,000 brothas lost, dead… dust to dust
in just…10 years… Family, Friends and Peers
Oceans of tears, we swimming in misery
A new day, new funerals all because it’s him or me
Now what I see is the future in every set of young eye
we can help them see the future if everyone tries
Success hurts, when you lift weights it burns
Nothing but trouble comes fast,
I learned that run’n from task
Some people stunned that I last
when I needed some cash
I couldn’t turn to my relly’s
cuz they were weaker than glass
So black people let’s stop what biggotery made
let’s get it all together we can all get paid
and brothas make a wife out that mothers you made
so she can get divorced from that government aid
You’re a man now!, You gotta stack and learn
Draw a map, know ya path, you can’t lack concern
You’re a man now! Take your place and lead
Only the better man stays when he creates the seed
You’re a man now! , It’s time to better yourself
Better educate your mind so you can better your wealth
You’re a man now! No one but you and me
Can repair the damage caused by our history
Yo’ Brotha are you hungry,
I got loaves and fish’s
I ain’t God but I help him keep souls from ditches
And when I get you on your feet
I got new techniques to teach
Cuz simple dreams been so hard to reach,
For each one of us make’n it
ten of us don’t
Ten of us die,
ten thousand cry
The rest don’t care why
I try to be the light that shine
bright on the path
So one day we can have respect
and love on the ave then at last
Maybe there’s a chance I’ll get a glance
From young eyes seek’n ways to advance
Back in the days our parents
use to throw up signs
With a fist in the sky
holler’n freedom or die
Now we live in times
peace and love is leaven our minds
We in pieces fallen behind,
young people are die’n
We been rely’n on weapons and muscle
and street hustle
We fight’n ourselves but we keep loosen the tustle
You’re a man now!, You gotta stack and learn
Draw a map, know ya path, you can’t lack concern
You’re a man now! Take your place and lead
Only the better man stays when he creates the seed
You’re a man now! , It’s time to better yourself
Better educate your mind so you can better your wealth
You’re a man now! No one but you and me
Can repair the damage caused by our history
Being a man is what every young man should aspire to be. If we men don’t show them how, they will continue to fall in the ghetto.
If you are fed up with watching our youth drop out of schools, fill up the jails of America, Fathering childnen and not taking care of them… then play this song.
Play it for the young men who you think need to hear it. Memorize the Hook and recite it, teach it to others… This is what we need to hear more of. Akil
lyrics
You’re a man now!
Action separates the boys from men
I’ve been active up in my hood and now I’m poised to win
No longer poison’n or destroy’n kin
And soul no longer celebrates the joys of sin
You’re a man now (huh), it’s time to take the reigns
And escape the fate, that incarcerate our brains
Today i break the chains, now I’m awake and sane
Start with your heart, so you can make the change
You’re a man now! Go head and take the lead
Young cats roam aimlessly, so quick to make you bleed
I wish to make’um see, how much our people need
Each and every black mind, we loosen’um all the time
They choose’n to fall in crime,
amusing to other kinds
We take ourselves out the game;
they don’t need to cross the color line
When in time, Black men will face extinction
For the sake of the race let’s let the heal’n begin
You’re a man now!, You gotta stack and learn
Draw a map, know ya path, you can’t lack concern
You’re a man now! Take your place and lead
Only the better man stays when he creates the seed
You’re a man now! , It’s time to better yourself
Better educate your mind so you can better your wealth
You’re a man now! No one but you and me
Can repair the damage caused by our history
We’re far from the first place, livin’ in the worst case
Genocide, we getting swept off the Earth’s face
100,000 brothas lost, dead… dust to dust
in just…10 years… Family, Friends and Peers
Oceans of tears, we swimming in misery
A new day, new funerals all because it’s him or me
Now what I see is the future in every set of young eye
we can help them see the future if everyone tries
Success hurts, when you lift weights it burns
Nothing but trouble comes fast,
I learned that run’n from task
Some people stunned that I last
when I needed some cash
I couldn’t turn to my relly’s
cuz they were weaker than glass
So black people let’s stop what biggotery made
let’s get it all together we can all get paid
and brothas make a wife out that mothers you made
so she can get divorced from that government aid
You’re a man now!, You gotta stack and learn
Draw a map, know ya path, you can’t lack concern
You’re a man now! Take your place and lead
Only the better man stays when he creates the seed
You’re a man now! , It’s time to better yourself
Better educate your mind so you can better your wealth
You’re a man now! No one but you and me
Can repair the damage caused by our history
Yo’ Brotha are you hungry,
I got loaves and fish’s
I ain’t God but I help him keep souls from ditches
And when I get you on your feet
I got new techniques to teach
Cuz simple dreams been so hard to reach,
For each one of us make’n it
ten of us don’t
Ten of us die,
ten thousand cry
The rest don’t care why
I try to be the light that shine
bright on the path
So one day we can have respect
and love on the ave then at last
Maybe there’s a chance I’ll get a glance
From young eyes seek’n ways to advance
Back in the days our parents
use to throw up signs
With a fist in the sky
holler’n freedom or die
Now we live in times
peace and love is leaven our minds
We in pieces fallen behind,
young people are die’n
We been rely’n on weapons and muscle
and street hustle
We fight’n ourselves but we keep loosen the tustle
You’re a man now!, You gotta stack and learn
Draw a map, know ya path, you can’t lack concern
You’re a man now! Take your place and lead
Only the better man stays when he creates the seed
You’re a man now! , It’s time to better yourself
Better educate your mind so you can better your wealth
You’re a man now! No one but you and me
Can repair the damage caused by our history