## Metadata
**Caption:** Bo Diddley beat, driving rhythm, harmonica, mid-tempo 135 BPM, male vocal
**BPM:** 100
**Duration:** 147.0s
**Key:** A minor
**Time Signature:** 2

## Lyrics
[verse]
I was born in a thunderstorm at the break of day
Doctor looked at me and had to walk away
Grew up quick on the hard side of town
Learned to stand up before I could lie down

[chorus]
I'm a man, spell it out, M-A-N
I'm a man, take me as I am
I'm a man, walking tall and proud
I'm a man, gonna say it loud

[verse]
I don't ask for favors, I don't beg for time
I earn my keep with these two hands of mine
Hard road behind me, harder road ahead
But I keep walking till my feet turn to lead

[chorus]
I'm a man, spell it out, M-A-N
I'm a man, take me as I am
I'm a man, walking tall and proud
I'm a man, gonna say it loud

[bridge]
Harmonica cryin' like a midnight train
Every step I take through the wind and rain
Ain't nobody gonna tell me who to be
I already know, and now you'll see

[chorus]
I'm a man, spell it out, M-A-N
I'm a man, take me as I am
I'm a man, walking tall and proud
I'm a man, gonna say it loud