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Muddy Waters- Mannish Boy
     This song is about a man now but when he was little his mom would always tell him that when he grow up he would "grow up to be the greatest man alive." Now that he is grown he really enjoyed growing up, but he still have that childish side to him. Kind of like he is a man child( which he says in the song) but he does manly things.
 This song embody the feelings of the era because back then black men was not really respected as a man, they was trash really. So now that black people gained power and respect they could call them self a man and take care of all their responsibilities, thats why i believe this song embody the feelings of the era.
 A R&B song off today that is similar to this song is man up by 116 clique, they are similar because they both talk about growing into a man. They are different because in man up, the man didn't take care of his manly responsibilities.