I shall labor to earn a living
I shall tilt the ground alone
Yet I shall eat the yam the least
I shall run the race to win
But the glory I shall bring home to give
If I am to bear a MAN
For years back I have been planting
Back home they wait confidently for the harvest
You will reap whatever you sow
I have been hearing that since when I was a child
But what happens to it after reaping?
They will always come eating
If I am to be called a MAN
I have to love and tolerate a woman
My heart has to be big enough
Peace loving
If I am to be called a husband
In the still of the night
Regardless the laboring of the day
The work goes on
If someday I am to be called a father
But that is not even enough
I have to work harder still
If I am to be called a SON, MAN, HUSBAND AND FATHER
In this world of hustling
I can’t help to stop struggling
If I want to keep leading
I realize success is not an option
It becomes priority for the man with mission
A MAN is responsible for things
But when he seize to be responsible
He’s sold out all his primary missions of life
He becomes a man that can’t man
Do you think you are a MAN?
Are you aspiring to be a MAN?
Then, work out to shine out the man in you
I have found in me the MAN.
