Bill:
I fired my old friend today
And he just got up and walked away
He didn't say a word
He just smiled
I warned him this would happen
If he didn't clean up his act
But he just kept on drinking
What makes him act like that?
I knew I had to do it
He was starting to pull me down
I covered up for his mistakes
Until I felt like I would drown
And I almost didn't do it
I almost let him ride
But I had to think of my future
So I had to decide
That if that's what it takes to be a man
If that's what I've gotta prove
If that's what it takes to get ahead
Then that's what I'm gonna,
that's what I've got to
That's what I have to do.
Diego:
I shot my old friend today
And he didn't get up
He couldn't walk away
He laid there in the alley and smiled.
I warned him this could happen
If he didn't join with the pack
Who'd 'ave thought I'd be the one
To have to do the act.
They said I had to do it
Because the word was going round
They said that I was getting soft
So I had to put him down
And I almost didn't do it
But I have nowhere to hide
I had to think of the future
So I had to decide
That if that's what it takes to be a man
If that's what I've gotta prove
If that's what it takes to get ahead
Then that's what I'm gonna,
that's what I've got to
That's what I have to do.