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  1. Tracks
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  3. Put It On the Line
  4. Man Up

TRACK

Ghostface Killah

Man Up

Release date: 18th November 2005

From Put It On the Line
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About This Track

"Man Up" is a track by Ghostface Killah, from the album Put It On the Line, released 18th November 2005. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Ghostface Killah

Ghostface Killah

Lyrics

Man Up

[Intro: Ghostface Killah & Trife Diesel]

Where the DJs at?

Yeah

That's right, what's the deal y'all?

Theodore, nigga

Theodore's in the building, Staten Island stand up

That's right, Gatten Island

Word up

I'm like Ray Charles, nigga

Pay me my motherfuckin' bread in singles

That's what I'm try'nna tell ya'll, it's real

Heard me?

Big Tone Starks in the building, y'all, come on

[Hook: Trife Diesel & (Solomon Childs)]

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

[Verse 1: Trife Diesel]

This is my year, eating like a baby in a high chair

Fly gear, versace eye wear, we the pioneers

You broke niggas sipping on dry beer

Only rock Timbs and Air Forces, yo, oc', give me like 5 years

Fresh out the box with it, Chicago Sox fitted

Uh, if the product is banging, first hit the block with it

Set the drug charges and my criminal formula

O-5 black suburban straight from General Motors

Walk through givin' niggas the shoulder

Just fucked this bitch on the sofa

Twisted the chocha, me'll flip on the culture

Had the bird niggas shittin' in peels, clippin' your tail

Let the four-five kiss ya, as I'm liftin' your bail

Put a hundred wolves on you, have them pick up the trail

While I'm in the honeycomb, weighing bricks on the scale

Sippin' old M.A., me and my proteges

'Cause even on the coldest day

Your boy still shine, giving off solar rays

[Hook: Trife Diesel & (Solomon Childs)]

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

[Verse 2: Ghostface Killah]

What you know about stepping out heavy

Just jewels, no crew hurry

My inside pants leg, I'm packing like two machetes

One ratchet, two gloves and a mask

Jumping out a green Rover, niggas ballin' me down

That's when I reached over, figured they ain't go no manners

Young boys round here, they don't know my status

And niggas looking for a full time jack move

But they don't know, that these blades here, crack dudes

Give it to 'em quick, something like fast food

Take a nigga gun, like 'you gonna blast who?'

Cinderella girl frontin' in them glass shoes

Homo thug bitch ass nigga, I'll smash you

You mad, cause you rockin' the shit bag

Smellin' like piss, when it popped your click ran

You fucking with powerful niggas, devour your business

It ain't all gravy, you pussy niggas, you's the Avon lady, fuck you

[Hook: Trife Diesel & (Solomon Childs)]

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

[Verse 3: Sun God]

Niggas better stay in they place

'Cause when I stash the plastic

Mask on, leave a hole in your face

Who this young dude holding the weight

Got every drug from dope to bud, even small package your face

Niggas can't look God in the face, can't look in my eyes

I tell you why, cause this thing on my waist

Bread and butter, got it all for sale, and I'm duckin' the cops

On every block, I ain't going to jail

I ain't the type that'll rot in the cell

Never talk or fist fight, with drama, I'll be popping these shells

Hit your chest and your flesh get, hotter than hell

Them hollow tips make it hard to inhale, you not worthy

Vest and a white tees, and throwback jerseys

Julius Irvings, black suburban

Twisted off one-five-one, my whips swerving

Try'nna stack chips, full clips, no splurging

[Hook: Trife Diesel & (Solomon Childs)]

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

(Man up) Somebody gon' get laid down

(Man up) Whether music or four pounds

(Man up) Ain't no need to know me well

We can get the drama popping, homey, I won't tell

[Outro: Ghostface Killah]

That's right, yeah, another Theodore production

Yeah, Anthony Acid on the beats, y'all

Ones and twos y'all, that's right

Big Ghost in the building, Staten Island in the mother-f'ing building

Nigga, yeah, man up, bitch...

Track details

From Put It On the Line

2005
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Ghostface Killah, Solomon Childs, Sun God, Trife Diesel
    Producer
    Anthony Acid
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