verse 1 G C A father’s son, but yet so distant. D A teenage boy, who couldn’t fit in, G with the laws my daddy laid out for me. G I ran away, I broke the rules, C G Hardheaded, thinking I was so damn cool. C My father told me to grow up, and at that time G I had had enough, D G I left home, and I change schools.verse 2 G Mama took me in, her baby boy. G Thought I’d do right, and seek the Lord. C G But God knows I never really tried. E Until that day I became a man, C I stood in line and raise my hand. D took that oath swore to defend. C Two years later, I couldn’t comprehend. C G 12 months of dragging boots through the sand.Because the E C pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little. D C Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you E G caught up in the middle. E C Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers. D G You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.verse 3 G Got a girl at home, baby on the way. C G Six months left, so I couldn’t stay too, long. D But his blue eyes looked up at me, E And I realized who I could be. C A father trying to raise his son, C G the way my family had done, for me. C So I called my dad and thanked him so D For all the times he held me close C G When I was lost and I could, not see C So I called my mom and thanked her so D For all the times she prayed for me C G Jesus turn this boy into, a manBecause the E C pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little. D C Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you E G caught up in the middle. E C Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers. D G You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.Because the E C pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little. D C Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you E G caught up in the middle. E C Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers. D G You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.