It's Not The Size Of The Ship;

I Thank God For Making Me A Man.

Like, My Mother Would Have Company Over, And I Would Sing So They'd Pay Attention To Me.

Black People Lived Right By The Railroad Tracks And The Train Would Shake Their Houses At Night. I Would Hear It As A Boy And I Thought: I'm Gonna Make A Song That Sounds Like That.

But I Was Singing Loud, And Most Singers Weren't Singing Loud.

I Always Knew I Was A Man, Always Felt That I Was A Man, Always Wanted To Be A Man.