Man Down Lyrics - All Love Lost - Joe Budden

Joey 

Mic check mic check 

It go 

Okay the wait's up, waited up, really don't know where to start 

Niggas fresh home want me dead and gone, I'm darin' y'all 

It's in arms reach when I'm sleep, I'm prepared for y'all 

Niggas bleed, BIG agrees, ain't nobody scared of y'all 

Besides, let me summarize, they ain't got to wherewithal 

I'm every where, they never there, when I'm gon' hear from y'all? 

Y'all know me as Joe, don't wanna see me as Mouse 

Let me address all these rumors so they don't leave out the house 

I mean it started with Clue, that's when the bullshit begun 

I was the best in my city, niggas knew I was the one 

Ain't have a dime to my name, still niggas thought that I won 

And niggas that never did it want to tell me how it was done 

I'm hearin' some wanna clap, they don't fuck with me, nigga 

They say I never go back, well that's a luxury, nigga 

It's somethin' I can afford, so what they say get ignored 

They pray I'm on the wrong end of that Ford 

They want me man down 

They want me man down 

Okay let's start it from scratch, put it all online 

My character's been defamed, I put it all online 

Told 'em that's where we were headed, said I was wrong all the time 

And now we finally here, I waited a long ass time 

Been called every name in the book, been a liar, a deceiver 

A cheater, a woman beater, am I all, am I neither? 

Been absorbin' the ether, robbin' Paul to pay Peter 

High price to pay to strangers I been offering me to 

I've been more than a leader, even with my back to the wall 

Thought I was finished forever when I was practicin' falls 

Now you second guessin' yourself, you gotta ask what you saw 

They fishin', wishin' it's fiction, but ain't no actin' at all 

Can't even fathom the gall, they mad I'm appalled 

Too much passion to call, nothin' but bars, ain't no fashion involved 

How is path ain't adored 

How the fuck they laughin', I can blast through the door 

Ain't fathom havin' so much cash in the drawer 

First they love me and then they hate me, then they love me again 

First it's lovely and then it's ugly, then it's fuck me again 

Bitches don't text back and then they suck me again 

But still it's none of my business what they think of me again 

When we talk about skill, they just love me again 

I call 'em out for the kill, they just duck me again 

But I was born for the storm, I mean abnormal's the norm 

Maybe they wanna know how long will they mourn 

They want me man down 

They want me man down 

I'm wishin' this was a dream, maybe it's smoke in this mirror 

Wish I could change it all just by blowin' smoke in the mirror 

Been such a long ride, wishin' I was on the side 

To get caffeine pills to stay awake with Sean Price 

If I was by Eric Garner, I'd have yelled at the pigs 

Gave him all my cash, he wouldn't have to sell that cig 

Shout to Bobbi Kristina, let her know that I love her 

Wish she was alive or didn't die the same as her mother 

Maybe my thinkin' is off, when I blink I get thoughts 

Of bullets shakin' the door, and tape around Chinx' Porsche 

See it damaged my heart, I'd be right in Yams' car 

To get the purp out his cup, and get his hands off the bar 

Tell Stack that I miss him, see we losin' a lot 

I wanna hear from Shakir, I still miss Stuart Scott 

Chris Lighty, Robin Williams still to this day 

I pray nobody ever feel that way, too many men die 

They want me man down