Play God

I was done at 16 Showing up for class I was out there in the ring Learning how to kick some ass I was done at 16 Using my momma's key It was all on me It was all on me Weren't no free rides Weren't no IOU's I pulled my weight, yeah I paid my dues And I showed up to enlist On the first day of recruits How 'bout you? How 'bout you I'm my brother's keeper Every chance I can I pay my taxes Like any working man And I feel I've earned My right to choose You don't get to play God, man, I do You don't get to play God, man, I do You get to run the world In your special way You get much more Much more than your say Government, religion It's all just patriarchy I must insist you leave this one thing to me Just leave this one thing to me Just leave this one thing to me Just leave this one thing 'Cause there's one thing that a man needs To be truly free This is the modern world And that one thing is money But there are two things That a woman needs Control over her own body Yeah I pay the price On top of everything Each month a bill Each month a reckoning And each seed that dies I cry and I bleed So you can't tell me You can't tell me I am a soldier It's my blood that flows I'd give my life So that this tree can grow You don't know creation Like I know So you can't tell me No you can't tell me You can't tell me You can't tell me You get to run the world In your special way You get much more Much more than your say Government, religion It's all just patriarchy I must insist you leave this one thing to me Just leave this one thing Just leave this one thing to me Just leave this one thing 'Cause I'm my brother's keeper Every chance I can I pay my taxes Like any working man And I feel I've earned My right to choose You don't get to play God, man, I do You don't get to play God, man, I do You don't get to play God, man, I do