Lyrics:

(I want to be, I got to be)
(I want to be, I got to be)

I've heard it was our big surprise
Who will before your eyes
Oh, I guess I never knew
Yeah, what your woman's gettin' up to now

(I want to be, I got to be)
A man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
A man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
A man, man, man
(I want to be, I got to be)

I really tried to make ends meet
Keep your boy child off the street
And I never wondered what you was feelin'
All the time I was a-cheatin' and a-stealin', yeah

(I want to be, I got to be)
A man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
A man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
Man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)

And I tried to see the light
And I tried to turn back the fight
But all my friends that I was choosin', yeah
They were double dealers and a-four-time losers, yeah

(I want to be, I got to be)
Man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
Man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
Man, man, man
(I want to be, I got to be)
Oh, yeah
(I want to be, I got to be)
Man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
Man of the world
(I want to be, I got to be)
Ooo, I'm a man of the world