I know the story just like authors before me said
life played out in chapters like books I've read
I can show the ink in my veins that I've bled
to honor a story,and lost words dead
some say I should have been a man instead

walked through enough strife to keep you up at night
I've lived to talk another day,without losing a fight
held in tears,knowing it will only blurry the sight
been able to still get a grip on this life I've led
some say i should have been a man instead

like the old soul singers with the blue of song
i can pour out the intent with a note so long
like my voice in the world, where it belongs.
my rifts are hidden deep in the message i send
some say i should have been a man instead

Hauling struggles on my shoulders like a shadow
carrying it around with me where ever i go
just so others look at me,and already know
exactly what i bear,allowing wounds to show
i want others to see the injustice I've been fed
they all say i should have been a man instead

True i have the strength of biblical armies
the height f heaven,as wide as the sea
and you think only a man is capable of such capacity
well......i am a woman...EXACTLY what i should be.