Lyrics:

Hey! yeah, yeah. Uh huh.



Bustin' ass all day

Just to put food on the table.

And I always will for as long as I am able.

Done all I could,

Ev'rything that a man should do.

Still they refuse to call me,

Call me what I am. Hey!



Do you know what it takes to be a man?

Don't take a whole lots of money,

Diamond rings upon your hand, no.

That ain't what it takes to be a man.

Do right by the ones you love,

Always give a helpin' hand. Yes, I do.



Now I've been through it all

Seen the good, the bad, the ugly.

Always take care of my share of responsibilities.

Now, just because I grow my hair

And play in a rockin' band,

Old folks are always telling me,

'Boy, why don't you grow up

And be a man.' Hey!



I know what it takes to be a man.

It ain't the way you look

Or the clothes that you wear.

That ain't what it takes to be a man.

Do right by the ones you love,

Always lend a helpin' hand.



I know I got what it takes,

I know I got what it takes to be a man.

So go ahead and say what you will.

Because I know what I am,

Just what I am. Ow!



Alright. Ow! Hey!



I know what it takes to be a man.

I've got what it takes

And you know I know what I am.

I know what it takes to be a man.

So go ahead, say what you will

'Cause I know what I am.

I'm a man.

Hoo hoo hoo hoo. I'm a man.

I know I got what it takes,

I know I got what it takes, ow!