Like a Man

I was taught to be a man Stand on my two feet just like a man Take all of my loss just like a man Nigga say it face to face just like a man Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man, like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man When kids was playin' with unicorns, I was washin' cars tryna blow Take a loss, get up and shake it off, and water whip the coke No shoo-shooin', no not Boosie, to your face I'll let you know Treat a queen like a queen and a ho like a ho Went to the pen and I stood on my own, too fat mouth And slangin' shit, fist fights, bitch whatever that you want do ? back down I'm beatin' your ass, no exceptions Uncle told me "Fight 'em You can't beat 'em, go and get your weapon" My homies died, I stood up like a man Do what you did to them, put that on Pimp, I don't be playin' Bossed up, every time some problems hit the fan Me and my girl got a case Your honor, that's mine, give me that 8 I was taught to be a man Stand on my two feet just like a man Take all of my loss just like a man Nigga say it face to face just like a man Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man, like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man Since 15 been takin' care of my mama manly Never say the word "why" when it's time to do for family The way I was raised, my closest peers understand me The man in my section like Glen Oaks is to Handy You know they told me tell on Turk and Mel for lesser charges Ask me what I want to say, I say I want to fuck your daughter I was raised to get paid plenty ways like a man Taught to get it out the mud cause they ain't puttin' it in your hand Beef came, I bring pain, Lord knows I never ran Whole code up in the street, you never see me on the stand System tried to convict me off testimony and lyrics, but I'm a G Came home with my chest out, and it's easy to see that I was taught to be a man Stand on my two feet just like a man Take all of my loss just like a man Nigga say it face to face just like a man Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man, like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man First and foremost, what's your definition of a man? They call y'all lil' money, that don't make that boy no man I be sittin' here countin' these racks all day, got it hard for me to stand And I don't need no crutches, tell the ho bring them dutches Hit her from the back, got the pussy screamin' like Oooh, oooh, oooh, was a virgin 'til I got my first pussy like a man Got locked up, was movin' too fast, won't you stick to the plan Everything I do, boy you gotta know I do for the family Gotta do it like a man Mama ain't have no help growin' up so I had to step up like a man Can't see my mama strugglin', I had to hit them streets like a man Get caught doin' your crime, better do your time, like a man Hundred thousand in my pants Me and Boosie Badazz got a nigga feelin' like a man I was taught to be a man Stand on my two feet just like a man Take all of my loss just like a man Nigga say it face to face just like a man Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man, like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man (I man up) Like a man (I stand up), like a man