Grown Man Shit

Who can understand, what it is to be a man?
Responsible, honest and knowledgable?
Maybe not college-able, but stable minded
Find it, tough sometimes, tryin' to grind
Whatever hustle, you muster a strength
Long-legged length, strides taken
Each step, a single earth-quakin'
Tryin' to break bread, respect the dead
Rest ya head in ya own bed, easy
To fall down a path, like chapped lips
You lick to wet the whistle, only bristle
Thistle, grizzly gristle matter of fact
Some people just don't stack, don't act
Like adults, may they pout or pine
Envy or seek un-rightoues devine
Like lines in sand crossed, a flossed boss
On TV (believe me), it's a cost tossed
Fake image, dishonest livin'
Shirkin' their own curtains, if you took an L
Excel and make better, improve ya weather
Stand tall above all with chin juttin'
Sumptin' rufflin' like feathers of a flock
There's a few like you that never talk
About problems, resolve 'em straight and narrow
Through blood and bone marrow, an arrow
In the heart, apart from the start, I stood
Above and beyond, no comparison
Venn Chart or graph that maps my path
Tasked in subtle rebuttals to fraudulent
Basked in trouble puddles so Godulent
Astonishing attributes, I dilute...lemme reboot

Scoop my paper, no illegal caper
Save fer, a better future, sutured
Frankenstein Ryan, wilin' tryin' have his own island
That's my stylin', I ain't gotta be gangsteez
Please, I past that feeble shit, believe me it's
Something else, I got shit to live for
And I'll be damned if that's what you're in for
Sin more, than I'd like to admit, legit
Spent time in pits and traps, lap dogs that never laugh
Slaved past more than a few, gotten brave...
...bashed by more than a few, Gotten saved
Gotten shaved, made to be something I'm not
Even busted a few shots, but I'll spot
A life lived with no cases, mad spaces with friendly faces
As time goes by, you wonder why and what
It took to make you be your own worst cut
Bleed out or move on, it's on to you how you respond