I don’t want to be a MAN

I grew up hearing always that men rule the world

Everywhere I turned I heard that it’s a man’s world

I could remember vividly the teachings and words

Lessons on how to be a man my father’s words

Days grew into month time the voyager

Months into years and years into decades

The days I was told how to live are now past

Now in the years of self-decision the age of manship

I don’t want to be a MAN

I hear other men say that I am crazy

I just don’t want to always be in control

Always doing the talking never listening

I don’t want to be a MAN

In the name of the pride of a man

I love something so much but let it go

I feeling empty but comfort myself with pride

I don’t want to be a MAN

Where my loyalty is more to others

Loyalty to me, friends and collages

With so little to my family to be called an achiever

I don’t want to be a MAN

To be loved less by my children

Because I spend less time them

I grew up learning that it’s is a woman’s job

I don’t want to be a MAN

When I get so emotional and need to cry

But look at the face of all the men around me

Their steers are shouting at me that men don’t cry

I don’t want to be a MAN

I want to be a REAL MAN

So when I travel to land without time

Men and women will say was a REAL MAN

Oluwole Ayinla (Mc.Smatt). January, 2012