"How to Walk Like a Man” Piper with Martin Kierszenbaum
Written by Jihno “Piper” Ferreira (ASCAP) , Martin Kierszenbaum (BMI) & Rick Springfield (ASCAP) Produced by Martin Kierszenbaum Vocals: Piper Vocals, electric piano, synthesizers, guitars, drums, bass, percussion: Martin Kierszenbaum Additional guitar: Jerry Fuentes Mixed and mastered by Tony Lake Video directed and edited by Martin Kierszenbaum Cameras: Tony Lake and Martin Kierszenbaum (c) 2022 Cherrytree Music Company
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“How to Walk Like a Man” (Jihno “Piper” Ferreira, Martin Kierszenbaum & Rick Springfield)
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Dear son, I wrote you this letter because this world we live in Ain’t too forgiving for truth tellers and it was written That if you go against the grain they wanna knock you down That’s why I figured it’d be best to tell my story now I saw my father once since I was in the second grade Had to learn these lessons on my own I was self made I been broken down crushed lost trying to find a way Thought my only power’s give a life or take a life away But wherever you focus your energy flows So you can stress over the past or get obsessed and go I was blessed to have a mother kept me fed and clothed Made me read a thousand books about my worth in gold So when the block got hot and the homies got shot And the girls started hoing and they running from the cops I knew I was a prince in an enemy’s land And that’s the first lesson how to walk like a man
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The only person you gotta convince is yourself Don’t try to argue with these idiots it’s bad for health And most of ‘em worship money, so increase your wealth Don’t ever tell ‘em all your plans learn to move in stealth And ‘Pac right they gone hate you for whatever you do So choose to pursue what’s truest to you And you ain’t never been alone Look down at the shoulders you standing on Go and find like minded allies that’s standing strong I ain’t grow up with religion but believe in something Your body is the greatest temple, don’t die for nothing I know five black men college educated dead You got something in your heart to say, you better say it ‘Cause time is your greatest commodity when it’s lost You can never get it back, be conscious of what it cost Find you a woman that know about more than just dropping draws Build you a future and find you a cause Gotta walk like a man
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When you alone on the battlefield I’ll be riding with you that’s for real You gotta breathe deep and think through it Move through it get used to it And if it’s money over everything Then you’ll be selling out for anything You see the best thing that you can be Is yourself, that’s what the world needs. Gotta walk like a man
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