Did it make you feel like a Man

You said I’d be lost without you, no one would love me the way you do.

Did it make you feel like a man when you pushed me around?

All those nights of living in fear of you, Did it make you feel like a man ?

I look back now and wonder why I ever stayed, you was nothing more than a scared little boy, Did it make you feel like a man to push me around?

I lived in fear of you, I covered my bruises, lowered my eyes when anyone else looked at me, did it make you feel like a man to cause a lifetime of trauma?

Who gave you the right to take someone’s entire life and turn it into something that they battle with every day?

Did it make you feel like a man?

It’s been thirty years since I got away. I still don’t understand.

Did it make you feel like a man?

Every day I tell myself I am not the one to carry the blame, one day at time I get a little better and a lot more confident in myself.

I don’t need a man to make me happy, I look within and see the battle scares left behind and I embrace them now, it’s my time to shine.

Did it make you feel like a man?

The only way you could have won is if I left the damage done control my life, that’s not what I’ve done.

Did it make you feel like a man?

Did it, did it make you feel like a man?