I can't even sleep at night  Can't get it off my mind

I need to get out of sight  Before I end up behind bars

What started out as a simple altercation 

Turned into a real sticky situation 

Me just thinking on the time that I'm facing  Makes me wanna cry

Cause I didn't mean to hurt him 

Coulda been somebody's son 

And I took his heart when 

I pulled out that gun 

Man Down 

Man Down 

Oh mama mama mama  I just shot a man down

In central station  In front of a big ol crowd 

Oh Why Why 

Oh mama mama mama  I just shot a man down

Look I never coulda do it  Never coulda do it

Never coulda do it  Oh gosh

What ever happened to me  Ever happened to me

Ever happened to me 

Why did I pull the trigger  Pull the trigger pull the trigger BOOM 

And end a man end a man's life so soon 

When mi pull the trigger pull the trigger pull it pon you

Somebody tell me what I'm gonna what I'm gonna do

Mi say wah man down (A weh mi say)

When mi went downtown 

Cause now Imma criminal criminal criminal 

Oh lord a mercy now I am a criminal  Man Down

Tell the judge please gimme minimal  Run out a town none a dem cah see mi now

Oh mama mama mama  I just shot a man down

In central station  In front of a big ol crowd

Oh Why Why 

Oh mama mama mama  I just shot a man down