I’m a grown man

I don’t make decisions with emotion.

I think matters all the way through.

Forget “He said, She said”.

Come see me if you have a problem!

Don’t go to my friends or my relatives.

Govern members of your own household.

We get called out, if we don’t handle our business.

Why are you throwing a tantrum because of criticism?

Why do you attribute your problems to race?

Why are you trying to shift the blame?

Say what you said to them in my face!

I won’t quickly say: “You took my words out of context”.

I’ll take my discipline for what it is.

On the other hand, I’ll also speak up if I’m innocent.

Little boys are the ones who need to be shushed.

Men don’t need to be forced into responsibility.

Boys need a parent to make them follow through.

I don’t need to be coerced to do my job.

I knew what I was doing when I signed my contract.

There’s a difference

between a male and a man.

I mentor boys in an endeavor

to point them in the right direction.

I thank the living God

for my father’s example.

The older I get,

the more I understand

how he thinks

and why he’s done

some of the things he’s done in times past.