{"id":8466,"date":"2018-02-17T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stadtsprachen.de\/?post_type=stsp_text&#038;p=8466"},"modified":"2020-11-26T20:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T19:19:34","slug":"to-be-a-man","status":"publish","type":"stsp_text","link":"https:\/\/stadtsprachen.de\/de\/text\/to-be-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mXdDkPYXayE\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"bibliography\">Art and Creative Direction: Steve Mekoudja.\u00a0Camera: Lea Bethke &amp; Sali Fayssal.\u00a0Edited by: Nafoore Q\u00e2a &amp; Isma &amp; Poliana Baumgarten.\u00a0Color Grading: Sali Fayssal.\u00a0Set Photographer\/Camera Assistent: Katrin Krautgasser &amp; St\u00e9phane Kamwa.\u00a0Styling: Steve Mekoudja &amp; FUFU &amp; Ama Frimpong.\u00a0Additional voices: Prosby. Production: Coeur Noir Prod &amp; Mintou IV Marcel Manfred.\u00a0Guitar: Wandji Tchamdeu Osee Abdias. Piano: Nkede Paul Nkede<\/p>\n<p>You enter this world and spirits sing:<\/p>\n<p>\u300aThis is a man\u300b<\/p>\n<p>A man<\/p>\n<p>Your new name on your head like horns<\/p>\n<p>A new name in which you find yourself trapped<\/p>\n<p>A new name imposing Faces on you<\/p>\n<p>Rugged Faces<\/p>\n<p>Violent Faces<\/p>\n<p>Arrogant Faces<\/p>\n<p>You enter this world searching for who you are<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what being a man truly means<\/p>\n<p>You are so flamboyant<\/p>\n<p>You dance so well<\/p>\n<p>And your smile is reminiscent of the beauty of a flower\u2019s budding<\/p>\n<p>But they say:<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Swallow your emotions, Hide those tears, play football<\/p>\n<p>Above all, never wear pink<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t dare to cry<\/p>\n<p>You are a man<\/p>\n<p>And men are made of iron<\/p>\n<p>Men are made of stone\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you are a man. But when you step forward, your chest is on the edge<\/p>\n<p>of an explosion<\/p>\n<p>And when your heart wants to speak, your head will answer that you are<\/p>\n<p>not a woman.<\/p>\n<p>This is about being who you are<\/p>\n<p>This is a poem for all those men hiding themselves behind a face<\/p>\n<p>Those men who silence their tears<\/p>\n<p>Men that we do not see<\/p>\n<p>We do not hear<\/p>\n<p>This is a poem for me<\/p>\n<p>For you<\/p>\n<p>For you and me<\/p>\n<p>This is a poem for our humanity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art and Creative Direction: Steve Mekoudja.\u00a0Camera: Lea Bethke &amp; Sali Fayssal.\u00a0Edited by: Nafoore Q\u00e2a &amp; Isma &amp; Poliana Baumgarten.\u00a0Color Grading: Sali Fayssal.\u00a0Set Photographer\/Camera Assistent: Katrin Krautgasser &amp; St\u00e9phane Kamwa.\u00a0Styling: Steve Mekoudja &amp; FUFU &amp; Ama Frimpong.\u00a0Additional voices: Prosby. 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