So do the best that you can to be a real man
He smiled and shook his head and said, "It's good to see you"
He said, "A real man knows the value of a woman"
He gave me his bible, stained with tears he had cried
He's strengthened by love and the Lord up above
He's strengthened by love and the Lord up above
And I opened up the cover where he wrote inside
A real man has got nothin' to prove
And it said, "A real man knows the value of a woman"
A real man has got nothin' to prove
So do the best that you can to be a real man
He chose his words carefully 'cause it was hard for me to come
Or maybe losin' mama had just taken it's toll
He stared at my earring, and at my tattoo
I waited for the sermon, the one I knew so well
And he knew I had to temper and where I got it from
But this time he wasn't preachin' about Heaven or Hell
Could it be that I saw just a glimpse of his soul
