I done had money and I done been broke   I done been talked about something awful   Done been lied on by so many folks   I done even been depressed at times      And didn?t wanna cry 'cause my pride was too strong   But over the years I thought it over   And after struggling for so long and still holding on   I figured, can?t be nothing all that wrong with crying   If anybody says that they?re that strong they?re lying      See crying is like taking your soul to the Laundromat   It?s like the feeling that you get   When you see your grandmama smile   Or the heavens open up and blessing rain down      Go on child and cry   Go on and cry, cry, cry   Go on and cry, cry, cry   We can cry, we can cry together      See I done been a player and I done been played   I done went for some of the oldest tricks   From some of the coldest chicks   God done ever made      [Incomprehensible] hearing me   Said I done even had a venereal disease   And didn?t wanna go to the clinic   All that attention embarrassing me      But over the years   I?ve learned to understand   That I don?t really give a damn   What nobody say, I?m a man   And we cry, we can cry, we can   We can cry, we can cry together      Talkin? bout wo, wo, wo, yea, yea, yea   They say a man ain?t supposed to cry   But I know, know, know   Fasho? sho?, sho?   That even men go through problems sometime      Talkin? bout wo, wo, wo, yea, yea, yea   They say a man ain?t supposed to cry   But I know, know, know   Fasho? sho?, sho?   That even men go through problems sometime      I?m a man and we cry   Cry, cry, cry      {Okay okay, the next part of the story is that   After about five or six years in the joint   I had cried all I could cry and then you know   Other things were coming to me   More spiritual things is placed upon my heart   I started lookin' you know, in different places for God   I think my exact age was, I was   Twenty six years and seventeen days old}