Man Power

By Ice Cube

On Man Up

Released on September 12, 2025

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[Intro]

You ever been in jail?

Me? Jail? No way, no

Been in a mental hospital?

What about homosexuality?

You like men, huh?

You like to dress up like a woman?

What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

Are you kidding me or what?

Just answer the questions

Okay, no

Okay? Fuck no

(The almighty E-A-Ski track)


[Verse 1]

Man up, stand up, spark the fuckin' band up

Put your fuckin hands up, put down the cameras

Rush they ass to the dirt, we about to move the earth

Megahertz do the work, this a code blue alert

Homegirl do the twerk, BBL ’bout to burst

When it burst, it's the worst

You was in it face first

Get your mind out the gutter

Homie, it's about the butter

It’s about the milk and honey, get your mouth off the other

It's about your baby brother, get him out this motherfucker

Put him on the right path, teach him how to fight back

Teach him how to whoop some ass

Teach him how to mega-blast

Teach him how to get the money, and make the cheddar last


[Chorus]

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

Do you got the man power?

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

Do you got the man power?

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power?

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power?


[Verse 2]

Grab that, cocked it, they say it's toxic

I canned it, boxed it

Shipped it to your college

That is fake knowledge (Artificial knowledge)

They tryna turn your ass into a hybrid

They tryna turn my ass into a pirate

West coast warlord, never stay silent

Tryna stay dignified

They want you sissy-fied

Doing the electric slide

Nigga, that's suicide

Who riding? I'm your worldwide tour guide

This ain't glorified

I leave the motherfuckers horrified

Hit a bull in the bull's eye

With the .45

Live my life, do or die

It's not a X chromosome, girl, it’s a Y

I got the power to stand like a tower

They got the nerve to run like some cowards


[Chorus]

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

Do you got the man power?

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

Do you got the man power?

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power?

Do you got the man power? (Do you got the man power?)

All I wanna know is

Do you got the man power?

Do you got the man power?

Do you got the man power?


[Bridge]

I-I-Ice Cube

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[Outro]

How do you like it?

They tell you all the time what to do, what to think, what to feel

Do you want to be like a sheep?

Like all those other people?

Do you want to work eight, ten fucking hours?

You own nothing, you got nothing?