[Intro]
How would you feel if someone gambled,
With your family's life?
What would you do if everything you knew,
Disappeared overnight???...
Is there anything,
For you, that does not have a price?
Let's choose to end harmful gambling,
In hopes to make a better life!!

[Chorus]
Don’t you see, it's time to man up.
It's time to stand up!!
Time to be a man son!!
Soldier, put your hands up!!
Livin in the limelight,
Thinkin that you got somethin,
Thinkin that you primetime!

[Verse 1]
Who can you blame,
When you created the sky?
Was it the gold,
Or the guns, that’s what you like?
Have you seen brawls, with your family,
Over strife?
Is it my fault,
That sometimes my people collide?
I’m sick of dramas,
Sick of hatin, sick n tired!
The reason why you love it,
Be the reason, they admire!
You grew up,
Lovin the same things,
Both inspired!
But now the difference is,
You caught up, in 'what is right?'
You tryna figure out the reason,
Why you gotta live this way!
Pocket full of regrets,
Why do you live, this way?
Remember it's choice not chance,
Forgiveness pays!
Family comes first,
And then your closest, mates..
Addiction, it's a part of life,
Demand your own space.
Freedom comes from within,
After you know, you're in shape.
For a period of time,
You didn’t know your own face.
You went along, through life,
Just gambling your days away,
Don’t ya see?..

[Chorus]
Don't you see, it's time to man up.
It's time to stand up!!
Time to be a man son!!
Soldier, put your hands up!!
Livin in the limelight,
Thinkin that you got somethin,
Thinkin that you primetime!
Soldier, put jol hands up,
Soldier put jol hands up!
Soldier put jol hands up!
Soldier put jol hands up!
'Cos nothing in this life is promised to us,
It's not wrong,
You just wanna see your family,
All... Getting along.

[Verse 2]
Some parents gamble,
With your life!
Teach you habits,
That inhabit,
Then stay with you, for life!
Got a brother doin life,
Am I thinkin 'bout what’s right!
Its hard, in this life, of mine!
A mere poet, on the script,
Hope that you felt a line!
Canterbury, that’s my soul,
Crusadin, day 'n' night!
Christchurch city,
Land of the tarnished,
Hope that we survive?
I been through it all,
Seen 'em come, seen 'em go!
2much, for my eyes,
It's like I’ve seen a ghost!
But my heart, still beats, steady,
Fiddah the East Coast,
Of the South Island, and New Zealand!
I seen 'er, feel my soul!
And if ya feelin, what I’m sayin,
Man, let's make a toast!
To new times,
And new beginnings,
And let's go through the ropes!
Back to building a legacy,
Rather than being broke!
We got the talent,
We just need belief,
And set a goal!
Make sure you’ve got your mind right,
Before you let em know,
It's choice, not chance,
That’s the recipe to creating growth!