Rihanna - Man Down Lyrics

Red hair diva Rihanna just released the music video for her latest single "Man Down" hours ago. "Man Down" features Rihanna's favorite genre - Reggae and has the West Indian accent. The visuals take shooting a man as background storyline, which is a bit violent and gangsta. Just as what Rihanna has tweeted in her twitter about the video yesterday:"Its #Gritty #GULLY #Emotional #JAMRock Very strong underlying message 4 girls like me! #listentoyomama."

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Here is the lyrics of Rihanna's Man Down

I didn't mean to end his life
I know it wasn't right
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

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Man Down
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Man Down

Oh mama mama mama
I just shot a man down
In central station
In front of a big ol crowd
Oh Why Oh Why
Oh mama mama mama
I just shot a man down
In central station

It's a 22
I Call her Peggy Sue
When she fits right down in my shoes
What do you expect me to do
If you're playing me for a fool
I will lose my cool
And reach for my fire arm

I didn't mean to lay him down
But its too late to turn back now
Don't know what I was thinking
Now hes no longer living
So Imma bout to leave town

Cause I didn't mean to hurt him
Coulda been somebody's son
And I took his heart when
I pulled out that gun

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Man Down
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Man Down

Oh mama mama mama
I just shot a man down
In central station
In front of a big ol crowd
Oh Why Oh Why
Oh mama mama mama
I just shot a man down
In central station

Look I never thought do it
Never thought do it
Never thought 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 nigga end a niggas 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

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Mi say wah man down (A weh mi say)
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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 Oh Why
Oh mama mama mama
I just shot a man down
In central station

Okay, let's back to the "Man Down" video. Did you understand the story in the visuals after watching it? "Man Down" music video begins with a shocking scene: Rihanna pulls the trigger of a gun at a man's head at a crowded train station. Then the man falls down and is dead. The video continues to narrate why does this happen and take us back to the previous day. Rihanna is seen happily riding her bike, talking and saying hello to her friends in the residential area of Jamaica. She also covers some scenery spots of the beautiful country. The singer then enter a nightclub jumbled with dancers and gangsters. She dances in the club and as is so attractive that a man come to her and flirt with her. Then she leaves the nightclub. But the man follows her and rapes her out of the club. That's why Rihanna kills the man at the beginning of the video.

Wow, what a sad story! That dude deserved to die!

Finally, let's share some basic information of Rihanna's "Man Down". The song serves as the fifth single in her fifth studio album "Loud" and was released on May 3, 2011. The video was shot in Jamaica in April 2011 and premiered on 106 & Park on May 31, 2011. Anthony Mandler directed the visuals.