Canadian rapper Dax is back with his new video “To Be A Man.”
“‘To Be A Man’ is a song I poured my heart into,” Dax explains. “I’m praying this reaches everyone who needs it. I believe in this one. Share this with everyone and anyone and let’s make an IMPACT. Someone out there needs this”
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As a man we gotta pave our way
Our only function is to work and slave
Lyrics:
I can’t hide myself
I don’t expect you to understand
I just hope I can explain
What it’s like to be a man
It’s a lonely road, and they don’t care about what you know
It’s not about how you feel but what you provide inside that home
Yeah
I know this life can really beat you down
You wanna scream but you won’t make a sound
Got so much weight that you’ve been holding but won’t show any emotion
As a man it goes unspoken
That we can’t cry when life gets hard
Unconditional love’s for women, children, and dogs
We know that we just have to play our parts
And don’t nobody give a d*mn about our broken hearts, yeah
As a man we gotta pave our way
Our only function is to work and slave
There’s no respect for you if you ain’t payed
You’re disregarded as a human and you can’t complain
And if you ever make it up and actually reach that place
And find a woman that you love and give her your last name
You’ll feel the things that you provide is only why she stays
And when you try to explain you’ll say…
I can’t hide myself
I don’t expect you to understand
I just hope I can explain
What it’s like to be a man
It’s a lonely road and they don’t care about what you know
It’s not bout how you feel but what you provide inside that home
Don’t give up, keep fightin’
As a man our son(sun) is our horizon
And our father’s actions play a role
And we end up like ‘em
So they can’t let us see them hurt
‘Cause we’ll embody what they do
And start a generational curse
No wonder most men are so depressed
All the things that they can’t express
They go to war
get thrown on the shelf
Then go back to war with their mental health
Then grab that bottle and ask for help
Try to pull themselves out of h*ll
Then fall back down and then realize that they gon’ have to do it themselves
It’s the circle of life
As a man you provide
They don’t know what you’re worth ‘til the day that you die
And that’s when they start cryin’
Then move on to a man to confide in
That’s why we feel
We can’t hide ourselves
We don’t expect you to understand
We just hope we can explain
What it’s like to be a man
It’s a lonely road and you don’t care about what we know
It’s not about how we feel but what we provide inside that home
That home
It’s not about how we feel but what we provide inside that home
About Dax:
Dax decided to write up a poem as he rode on a bus with his basketball team in 2016. After impressing one of his teammates with the poem, Dax realized he had a knack for putting words together. He began seriously releasing and promoting music through his SoundCloud account dropping the mixtape 2pac Reincarnation Vol 2: By Dax in 2017, He rose to fame for the official music video of his song “Cash Me Outside” featuring Danielle Bregoli. He is also known for his freestyles and remixes of popular rap songs.
He released his first extended play in August 2018 entitled It’s Different Now which features guest appearances from other rappers including OT Genasis and Futuristic. He was featured on Hopsin‘s 2019 single “You Should’ve Known“. In June he went on “It Goes Up” tour with Kansas city rap legend Tech N9ne and then later announced his first solo headlining tour “It’s Different Now Tour” via Instagram and scheduled to tour in October covering 30+ city across America and Canada.
In 2020 he released another EP called I’ll Say It For You, which received generally positive reviews. The 7-track EP also contains the controversial single “Dear God” which was praised by the critics for it’s subject matter and lyricism. The music video of the song has over 40 million views on YouTube and has been streamed more than 50 million times on Spotify. Later that year he released hit singles like “Faster” and “I Don’t Want Another Sorry” featuring Tech N9ne and Trippie Redd respectively.
In August 2021, Dax announced his debut studio album and released “Propaganda” featuring Tom Macdonald as the album’s lead single. The song peaked at #9 on Rap Digital Song Sales chart of Billboard Charts. In early October 2021, album’s third single “40 Days, 40 Nights” featuring Nasty C was released. On October 15, 2021, his debut studio album Pain Paints Paintings was released digitally through Living Legends Entertainment. The album was produced by LexNour Beats and executive produced by Brittney Boston who is also his manager and business partner.