[00:01.111]When I was a young boy in Brooklyn
[00:03.200]Going to public school
[00:07.197]During recess in the concrete playground
[00:09.888]They lined us up by twos
[00:13.623]In alphabetical order, Reagan, Reed and Russo
[00:16.105]I still remember the names
[00:20.206]And stickball and stoopball were the only games
[00:23.524]That we played
[00:26.815]And I wanted to be like my old man
[00:33.450]I, I wanted to grow up just like my old man
[00:39.929]I wanted to be like my old man
[00:46.302]I wanted to dress like, I wanted to be just like
[00:49.333]I wanted to act like my old man
[00:52.624]I wanted to be like, I wanted to act like
[00:55.602]I wanted to be just like my old man
[01:00.670]And then like everyone else I started to grow
[01:07.044]And I didn't want to be like my father anymore
[01:13.522]I was sick of his bullying
[01:15.089]And having to hide under a desk on the floor
[01:20.105]And when he beat my mother
[01:21.437]It made me so mad I could choke
[01:24.964]
[01:26.609]And I didn't want to be like my old man
[01:33.323]I, I didn't even want to look like my old man
[01:39.723]I didn't even want to seem like my old man
[01:46.018]A son watches his father, being cruel to his mother
[01:49.258]And makes a vow to return only when
[01:52.497]He is so much richer, in every way so much bigger that
[01:55.658]The old man will never hit anyone again
[02:00.281]
[02:22.355]Like my old man (just like my old man)
[02:25.672]Like my old man
[02:28.911]Like my old man (just like my old man)
[02:32.098]Like my old man
[02:34.005]And can you believe what he said to me
[02:35.181]He said, "Lou, act like a man" (walk like a man)
[02:38.159]Why don't you act just like a man
[02:41.581]Act like your daddy, act like a man (just like my old man)
[02:44.533]Oh, why don't you act just like a man
[02:48.347]Like your old man (walk like a man)
[02:55.791](Just like my old man)
[03:02.165](Just like my old man)