[Intro: Michael Bohn]
It’s time for a change
This generation, this generation needs a hero

[Chorus: Tyler Carter]
What is a man, who lays a hand on his lover, and calls it tough love (tough love)
What is a man, who can’t take a stand for his daughter, and calls it tough love (tough love)
[Bridge 1: Michael Bohn & Tyler Carter]
Your roots grow in the cracks of the alleys, college park made you
Man enough to see, man enough to see, there ain’t a goddamn man in me

[Verse 1: Michael Bohn]
Take me back to a date
Before I was hostile and learned to hate
(You promised you would never become)
You promised you would never become
A storm, a blackout replicating the one
The thunder inside him became your life
You called him your best friend ’till the day you were nine

[Chorus]
What is a man, who lays a hand on his lover, and calls it tough love (tough love)
What is a man, who can’t take a stand for his daughter, and calls it tough love (tough love)
[Bridge 1: Michael Bohn & Tyler Carter]
Your roots grow in the cracks of the alleys, college park made you
Man enough to see, man enough to see, there ain’t a goddamn man in me

[Bridge 2: Michael Bohn]
Hotel rooms, bourbon, and broads, a drifter living life, without God
You’ve done it now, you planted a seed, now the storm inside you, it swallows her

[Verse 2: Tyler Carter]
Baby love, alright
And I know life can be so strange
But I know I can make a change
I’m gonna wipe away the clouds for ya
I’m gonna be around for ya
I’m gonna paint the town for ya
I’m gonna make a promise to give you everything you want and need
But she fucked up now, cause she’s bearing another mouth you can’t feed

[Outro: Michael Bohn]
Cease production of a destructive breed
Seek help cause your pride only makes you weak

[Chorus]
What is a man, who lays a hand on his lover, and calls it tough love (tough love)
What is a man, who can’t take a stand for his daughter, and calls it tough love (tough love)
[Bridge 1: Michael Bohn & Tyler Carter]
Your roots grow in the cracks of the alleys, college park made you
Man enough to see, man enough to see, there ain’t a goddamn man in me

[Bridge 1]
Take me back to a date
Before I was hostile and learned to hate
(You promised you would never become)
You promised you would never become
A storm, a blackout replicating the one
The thunder inside him became your life
You called him your best friend ’till the day you were nine