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I Was a Man Lyrics by Mx Wander

From Pure Fury To Pretty Well

2021

[Verse]
I always wanted to be
One of the boys
But you wouldn't catch me
Playing with no boy toys
I performed perfectly
Pointed my toes to the beat
And no one knew just quite
What was wrong with me
I didn't understand
Why I couldn't be a man
Once my chest grew
It got all of the attention
So I quickly learned
That's all I was good for
I was dancing, and screaming, and singing, and fucking
And building all the walls up tall
I knew all along
There was something so wrong
Started questioning everything
Maybe this wasn't really me
Never new my trans history
Thе AIDs epidemic
The lavеnder scare
Cross-dressers and butches
Fairies, and dykes
Studs, boys, twinks, and queens
Never new how genitals don't fucking mean
What's in your heart
What's in your heart
All the kink and the leather
The queers and the faggots
The bricks thrown in windows
The protests and riots
[Pre-Chorus]
We are powerful
And we take up space
I had to unlearn
All of the fake shit
[Chorus]
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
The whole time
I was a man
[Outro]
The whole time
Whole time
Whole time [We are powerful / And we take up space]
Whole time [I had to unlearn / All of the fake shit]
We are powerful
And we take up space
I had to unlearn
All of the fake shit
Credits
Mx Wander

Mx Wander

About “I Was a Man” by Mx Wander

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"I Was a Man" is credited to Mx Wander. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"I Was a Man" appears on "From Pure Fury To Pretty Well" in 2021.

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