Easier to Shout Lyrics

Look, As I'm spitting all my pain in the mic

I'm trying to push away my shame as I write

I'm being real and I know that it's honorable

But deep down know I hate being vulnerable

For so long I been trying to conform

But better off when defying all the norms

I thought living with a mask was masculine

And looking back couldn't grasp what was happening

I couldn't see all the demons I was running from

All that baggage on my back it was cumbersome

But all my pain it would never get a mention

It makes sense when considering convention

So entrenched in the norms and ideals

To be a man got to learn to conceal

But now I heal, time to let the tears flow

Tell' em if they want to talk them I'm here bro

Boys don't cry, the men stay damaged

We been looking for relief trying to manage

Pretty clear when I'm looking at my peers

That there's nothing that we fear more than tears

I think it's time that were placing more importance

On being real, I'm done with the performance

The boy inside he just wants to let it out

But it's hard for us to cry when it's easier to shout

Look, because they tell us that it's better if we fight

A man working through his pain isn't right

Don't be a bitch, don't be doing what the girls do

From quite young know we buy into this worldview

And every cry every weep know it's stifled

So now he's trying to find relief through a rifle

It's a pattern, never a surprise

You hear about a shooting and you know that it's a guy

It makes sense, yeah I guess that it's expected

When expression of emotion is rejected

The boys learn that it's better if their silent

And that's a reason why the men turn violent

So it's time to unlearn what I've known

Always thought I had a heart made of stone

But now I'm feeling all the feelings I've suppressed

And making sure that my baggage is addressed

Boys don't cry, the men stay damaged

We been looking for relief trying to manage

Pretty clear when I'm looking at my peers

That there's nothing that we fear more than tears

I think it's time that were placing more importance

On being real, I'm done with the performance

The boy inside he just wants to let it out

But it's hard for us to cry when it's easier to shout