Steps To A Man chords by Marvin Winans Jr.

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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don't know
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Maybe you thought I was not there
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Or did not think that I
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could hear
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Or assumed that I didn't care
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Maybe you looked beyond the tears
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Of that strained and hurting face
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As you'd often demonstrate
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There's no love and it's breaking rules
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That I've known for so long
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How on earth could this be?
It's no joke and you don't understand
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What I'm going through,
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I guess this is life's first step
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in learning to be a man
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Learning to be a man
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I'm learning to be a man
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I've got to be a man
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How could the lights begin to fade
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On a love   that was so true
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Or maybe I'm true
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I can't fathom how it all began
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It ended as fast
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Why couldn't it last?
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And I pray that someday
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It will change and I won't go away
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As it always did
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And that love would come back
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To my home instead
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Life walked in first and said
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It's time to be a man
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It's time to be a  man
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I've got to be a man
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I've learned to be a man
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Oh, man
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Mother, Father, I tell you no lie
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You both have a seat
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in the soul of my heart
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Just know that I  don't really
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blame anyone for my pain
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But it's true, and it hurts really bad
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to see you in that way
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In that way
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It's time to be free
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I've got to be free
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I've got to be free
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And I  want to be free
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It's time to be free
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I've got to be a  man
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I've got to be a man
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I've got to be a man
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I've got to be a man
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I've got to be a
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I'm going to be a man
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Yeah, oh, yeah
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