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Used To Be The Man
Baba Brinkman

Back in the day I used to scrap

I’m not a thug any more

But some days

I just wanna be the man again


Back in the day it seemed like every angry

Teen was talkin’ about packing a shank

And gettin’ cream – what happened to the gangsta lean?

Eric B and Rakim said: “What happened to peace?”

Now they askin' what happened to strength?

The women say they want girth now? Shit, what happened to length?

Sperm count goin’ down so we packin’ some blanks

And they laughin’ all the way to the bank

Man, things done changed! Where has all the violence gone?

Seems like people livin’ three times as long

Life just goes on, it’s like survival of the strong

Got swallowed by a Hobbesian Leviathan

And why not? Shit, I ain’t tryin’ to abolish it

Women dominate men in college, I acknowledge it

So next they’re gonna take over science and politics

And business, but I guess I’m just kinda nostalgic

I mean, at least fighting men know who they are

You meet a soldier he can show you some scars

But muscle can’t win a contest over some jobs

So now we’re just good for opening jars


I used to be the man

But time has gone on ahead of me

And my strong hands

But I'm still holdin' on, movin' on

I was the man

Time has not been so good to me

And my hands

I'm still holdin' on

I was the man


What a fuckin’ waste of upper body strength this is

I can dangle it for women like I’m angler fishin’

I got a voice full of bass, listen, ain’t it pimpin’?

But it came from male-on-male competition

And I’m afraid that’s a thing of the past

I mean things fall apart, don’t be thinkin’ they last

But I keep lookin’ for some answers when I listen’ to rap

Like lookin’ for the missing link in the grass

So where the gangsters at? The males barin’ they teeth

Starin’ at weak opponents like: “I dare you to speak”

The Menace to Societies and American Me’s

Not these wealthy, frail, weak, self-parodies

I mean, things done changed! Can you believe it?

Even the frickin’ crime rate seems to be dippin’

And some people give police credit, but I’m with Steven Levitt

High risk fetuses are being rejected

Just ‘cause females get to control their own fertility


So murder and poverty drop, but not sociability

What happened to the criminals on killing sprees

Instead of fighting now, we all show civility


I used to be the man

But time has gone on ahead of me

And my strong hands

But I'm still holdin' on, movin' on

I was the man

Time has not been so good to me

And my hands

I'm still holdin' on

I was the man


Forty percent of men historically left descendents

While six out of ten died young or got rejected

Big winners and big losers, but women had it different

Eight out of ten of them had children who had children

And you wonder why we’re fuckin’ obsessed with competition

Homo sapien males, yeah blazin’ a trail

Makin’ amazing creative displays, and chasin’ tail

That lasts an extra decade when it’s grey and frail

Yeah, the Y Chromosome is a fucked-up mutation

And it sucks to face it, they call her 'Mother Nature'

But if you want love from her, well, get accustomed to waitin’

‘Cause, brother, if you’re male she loves to hate you

She gives us testosterone, rage, and frustration

She gives us jealousy and lust, and a hunger for greatness

Plus our obsession with female reproduction is basic

But the women gotta have choice. Fuck the 'Bush Administration'

Times change, this ain’t the Pleistocene

Feminism and civil rights have arrived on the scene

And not every guy is keen to let the violence be

I'm just tryin' to tame the beast inside of me


I used to be the man

But time has gone on ahead of me

And my strong hands

But I'm still holdin' on, movin' on

I was the man

Time has not been so good to me

And my hands

I'm still holdin' on

I was the man


Back in the day I used to scrap

I’m not a thug any more

But some days

I just wanna be the man again


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