[Verse 1]
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 strugglin' for so long and still holdin' on
I figured, can't be nothing all that wrong with cryin'
If anybody says that they're that strong, they're lyin'
See cryin' is like takin' your soul through the laundromat
It's like the feelin' that you get
When you see your grandmama smile
Or the heavens open up and blessin's 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

[Verse 2]
See I done been a player (Come on, come on)
I done been played (Tell the truth, Lyfe, tell the truth, Lufe)
I done went for some of the oldest tricks
From some of the coldest chicks God done ever made, but y'all hear me
Said I done even had a venereal disease (What is that? What?)
And didn't wanna go to the clinic, all that attention embarrassin' me
But over the years I learned to understand
That I don't really give a damn what nobody says, I'm a man
And we cry, oh, oh, oh-woah, yeah
We cry
We can cry, we can-we can cry, we can cry together, talkin' 'bout my
[Bridge]
Talkin' 'bout woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah
They say a man ain't supposed to cry (They say a man ain't supposed)
But I know, know, know
Fasho' sho', sho'
That even men go through problems sometime
Talkin' 'bout woah, woah, woah (Woah, woah), yeah, yeah, yeah
They say a man ain't supposed to cry (Woo, but I)
But I know, know, know (Know, know)
Fasho' sho', sho' (Yeah)
That even men go through problems sometime (I'm a man, and we cry)

[Outro]
Cry (Oh, oh, oh-woah)
Cry
Cry
Cry
Okay, okay
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 was comin' to me, more spiritual things was placed upon my heart
I start lookin', you know, in different places for God
And I think my exact age was-I was 26 years and 17 days old