Mama Told Me To Be A Man

Mama told me to be a man
I will have to stop peeing the bed
I will have to stop crying when I hurt myself
I will have to stop having her kissing my bobo's
And I will have to stop having her tuck me in
At night and keeping the hall light on.

Mama I’m almost a man now
I don't pee the bed no more
I don't cry when I fall off my bike
I don't need to be tucked in at night
I don't need the light on either

Mama I’m a man now
War taught me to kill
War taught me to hate
War taught me to never look back
War taught me how to feel
And how to be a man's man
Mama war taught me what hell is like.