Real Man

When I was a child
 I thought as a child
 I spoke as a child
 I didn't know better
 But now I'm a man
 I look like a man
 I'm old as a man
 And I should know better
 Got my head in the sky
 And my mind knows what it wants
 But my body just drags me down
 And my world is something you can't see
 But it's still very real to me
 You can find it in the hole where I keep my soul
 There it is - way down inside me
 There's a real man
 Forget about my body and be a real man
 I see with my heart
 I hear with my heart
 I feel with my heart
 Sometimes it works better
 And some so-called friends put me down
 And they pity me for trying
 Bad emotions push me around
 But the vision shines on and on
 It will shine when we all are gone
 And I'd like to add a little sparkle while I'm here
 Light it up - way down inside me
 There's a real man
 Forget about bad feelings and be a real man
 Some men's world is only hate and money
 Afraid of everything and they laugh at nothing
 And they only live to criticize
 You can laugh at me now (ha ha ha)
 But the time comes to everybody
 When you must decide
 When that day finally comes along
 You might wish you'd been a little more strong
 Then you'll wake up in the morning cryin'
 "Oh my God"
 There it is - way down inside me
 It's a real man
 You got to grow up sometime
 Be a real man
 Suffer them slings and arrows
 Be a real man
 Now be a real man
 Don't sell yourself for nothing
 Be a real man
 Don't take no crap from no one
 Be a real man
 Get your trip together
 Be a real man