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Many Manly Men

by Max Zanga

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A spiritual successor to No.1 Symbol of Peace. Just some thoughts, they're a little scattered.

lyrics

Verse 1:

Save me a dance
Say it with your chest if you saying I ain't a man. In demand, hands hold in Amsterdam
So cold you coal to me - Testing my allegiance, oh Jesus, you scolding me.
Scovilles in my soul, since school that's the older me - Over me, that's a bridge. Brick to my window there's some trolls in my shit.
You ain't black and Irish, or Irish when you black. Irises made of islands, that were mined for their land - lad! Leave it out. Leaves from the trees that they stuffed in my mouth, people turned to fruit. I'm fruit if I shout? You a shower of pricks, been stunted since a kid,
Kid, you not! This was kids next door, No.5 was the last pick, pissed me off damn right! -yeah I'm soft


Chorus:

Many many manly men
Tell me, tell me, tell me when
You’ll quit tellin me how I should do me
Shame on me
If you ever fooled me
Many many manly men
Tell me, tell me, tell me when
You’ll quit tellin me how I should do me
Aim for me
Then you walk right thru me


Verse 2:

There I go again, playing the victim
Couple chunes on the radio ya listen
Number 1 symbol, plain and simple
That's my confession, that's my dismissal. This me I'm progressive, but bin me in second -as ya should, Actions got consequences, I was shook...
I was abusive as fuck huh
I was using yall to fuck huh
A couple years passed
A couple mates wronged
A cup of coffee, I'm just kidding,i should stay gone. Chip on my shoulder, I've been chippin at my demons, sippin on that soda oh you cool if ya mean it - I meant it.
Rather be honest, and crash looking monstrous. Than swimming in the cash with a guilty asterisk -Ask me this - whos to blame? Makes no difference, I did it all the same


Chorus:

Many many manly men
Tell me, tell me, tell me when
You’ll quit tellin me how I should do me
Shame on me
If you ever fooled me
Many many manly men
Tell me, tell me, tell me when
You’ll quit tellin me how I should do me
Aim for me
Then you walk right thru me



Verse 3:

When I was 19 I was a victim of sexual assault, never said that out loud but now I'm sitting on my word. You know what's funny? I didn't see the hurt, I assumed since I woke up in her room - it was cool.
Even if I said to stop - it was cool
I guess she was kinda hot - it was cool
I was less of man if I pushed her from my top, on god, fucking sucks but - it was cool
I was a man at the end of the day
I'd be damned if she could take that away. Bad takes on internet, misogyny oh he been in it. I say I've grown but that's a synonym, for saying that my past aint defined by my present - that's weak
Its been 3 years but that's still fucking me. It's still fucking deep.

Chorus:

Many many manly men
Tell me, tell me, tell me when
You’ll quit tellin me how I should do me
Shame on me
If you ever fooled me
Many many manly men
Tell me, tell me, tell me when
You’ll quit tellin me how I should do me
Aim for me
Then you walk right thru me

Outro:

I've been cruel in my dealings, crude in the evening. Crud on my birthday, and cuss if she don't want me. Bleach my fucking skin and then peel in the morning. Perm my damn hair then punch a nigga out, Then call a chick a bitch, then eat in my mas house.
I'm a man, oh man what's a man? I'm a man oh man what's a man? What's a man ?..

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released August 1, 2020
Mixed by Eoin Brady

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