(Yeah... uh...)
Strong man, they say I'm fake tough
I don't explain
Touch my right arm
Still burning
Strong man at twenty, I inked my right arm
Needle bit deep, but I felt no alarm
Now they call me fake, say I'm just for show
Strong man? They laugh, say"No, you're a bro"
But they don't know this ink ain't for them
This is the scar of a man who said"Amen"
To his own damn self, to his own damn fight
Strong man in the day, strong man in the night
They say"You're just acting tough"
I say"Touch my arm — that's enough"
Strong man, fake tough? Yeah, that's me
Right arm burning, can't you see?
Strong man, they say I'm fake, I'm free
Touch it now — still 103°
Strong man, fake tough? I confess
Twenty-year-old fire, still won't rest
Strong man burning in my chest
You say I'm fake? I say you're stressed
Strong man don't explain, strong man just lives
Strong man gives what he has and he gives
They say mature men don't need tattoos
Strong man says"Don't tell me what to choose"
You wear your suit, I wear my sleeve
Strong man knows what you believe
Don't matter to me, don't matter at all
Strong man stands when the others fall
They say"You're just acting tough"
I say"Touch my arm — that's enough"
Strong man, fake tough? Yeah, that's me
Right arm burning, can't you see?
Strong man, they say I'm fake, I'm free
Touch it now — still 103°
Strong man, fake tough? I confess
Twenty-year-old fire, still won't rest
Strong man burning in my chest
You say I'm fake? I say you're stressed
Strong man, strong man, that's what they called me
Till they saw my arm and they stalled me
"Too much ink, too much pride
Strong man faking, trying to hide"
I said"Hide what? This is my skin
Strong man from the outside in
You see a tattoo, I see a vow
Strong man then, strong man now
Fake it long, make it true
Strong man ain't about you
Strong man is about the heat
Burning under this sleeve
Still hot, still mine
Strong man till the end of time"
Strong man — when will I fade it?
When I'm cold
Strong man — right now?
Still bold
STRONG MAN!
FAKE TILL I MAKE IT
NOW IT'S REAL!
STRONG MAN!
They say"You're just acting tough"
I say"Touch my arm — that's enough"
Strong man, fake tough? Yeah, that's me
Right arm burning, can't you see?
Strong man, they say I'm fake, I'm free
Touch it now — still 103°
Strong man, fake tough? I confess
Twenty-year-old fire, still won't rest
Strong man burning in my chest
You say I'm fake? I say you're stressed
Strong man, fake tough? Yeah, that's me
Right arm burning, can't you see?
Strong man, they say I'm fake, I'm free
Touch it now — still 103°
Strong man, fake tough? I confess
Twenty-year-old fire, still won't rest
Strong man burning in my chest
You say I'm fake? I say you're stressed
(You stressed!)
Strong man...
They say I'm fake tough
I say thank you
Strong man...
Fake it so long
Now it's true
