The only thing you'll ever own
Is what you hold inside
Your dignity, intelligence
Your loyalty and pride

Ego and indifference
Are cancers of the weak
Honesty is godliness
Be truthful when you speak

Know when to turn the other cheek
Know when to seek revenge
The vine that never picks a side
Dies rotting on the fence

It's very hard to be the man
You read about in books
The knights and kings you fantasized
Now commoners and crooks

But no one can imprison
An educated mind
So be yourself and free yourself
By learning all the time

If you should discover
You've given all you can
There's nothing more to answer for
That's how to be a man