What's a man?
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When he buries himself, when he hides to cry
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When he's scared, when it hurts so bad he could die
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What's a man when he's himself and he doesn't lie?
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When they hurt and crush us we don't complain
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When they leave us, when everybody goes we stay here
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With the scraps we rebuild, that's how we are
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We pretend, we play the game they teach us
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If you're a man, if you're a woman
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When they stop her, when they'd rather she said nothing
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When they leave her, when they lock her in a corner
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What's a woman when she's scared of your hands
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Who's not scared anymore when he has to protect his own
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In front of his mother even the strongest says nothing
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A man who doesn't cheat, who holds back, is beautiful
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We pretend, we play the game they teach us
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If you're a man, if you're a woman
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They ask us to be the shoulder, be the arms, stay there
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And to smile in front of people when nothing's right
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We're asked for way too many things we don't know
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If we forgive the difference and all the doubts
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If we forget the ideals, the illusions
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If we forgive the missteps, the disappointments
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We pretend, we play the game they teach us
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If you're a man, if you're a woman
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When he buries himself, when he hides to cry
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When he's scared, when it hurts so bad he could die
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In front of his mother even the strongest says nothing