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The Man I'm Tryin' To Be
Andrew Dykes - The Blues Man
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Mm, hey
I ain't perfect, but every morning I wake up
I'm just tryna be a little better than the man I was yesterday, mm
Alarm clock ring kids feet hit the floor
I'm rubbin' sleep out my eyes, headed to that door
Lunches in the bag, kisses on they head
Sayin', "Daddy love you," before the day spread
Got a hard working wife also fightin' her own fight
Tryna hold this house together every day and night
I ain't always easy, but she still choose me
So, I lace up my boots and try to be who they need
Some days I stumble, some days I fall
But I keep hearin' that little voice call
I'm just tryna be the man my family sees in me
The hero in the eyes of my little three
I ain't got it all together, but I'm on my knees
Askin' God to fill the gaps in the man I'm tryin to be
Yeah, I'm workin' on my flaws learnin' how to stay (oh)
Talkin' 'bout love more than I run away
I ain't perfect, but I'm growin', see
Step by step, I'm the man I'm tryin' to be
I remember bein' young, sayin', "I'll never be him"
Swore I'd break them cycles, learn how to swim
But I caught myself raisin' my voice too loud
Sayin' words that woulda broke my younger self down
So now, when I'm tired and my patience thin
I take a deep breath count slow to ten
'Cause my babies don't need another wounded king
They need a man that knows how to heal his own thing (ooh)
I lay my pride down at the end of the day
And this is what my heart gotta say
I'm just tryna be the man my family sees in me
The hero in the eyes of my little three
I ain't got it all together, but I'm on my knees
Askin' God to fill the gaps in the man I'm tryin' to be
Yeah, I'm workin' on my flaws (harder) learnin' how to stay
Talkin' 'bout love more than I run away
I ain't perfect, but I'm growin', see
Step by step, I'm the man I'm tryin to be
One day, my son gon' stand where I stand
My girls gon' choose they own kind of man
I want 'em to say "Daddy showed us the way"
How to love, how to pray, how to fight, how to stay, yeah
So when my time's up and they look back at me
I hope they don't see perfect, just consistency
A man who fell short, but kept standin' again
Who loved his God and his family 'til the very end
I'm just tryna be the man my family sees in me
The hero in the eyes of my little three
I ain't got it all together, but I'm on my knees
Askin' God to fill the gaps in the man I'm tryin' to be
Yeah, I'm layin' down my pride (yeah) pickin up my peace
Choosin' my home over runnin' these streets
I ain't perfect (oh) but I'm growin', see
Day by day, I'm the man I'm tryin to be
If you out there workin' on yourself
Tryna fix what nobody fixed for you
You already that man
You just walkin' it out
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