Respect My Space

By Ice Cube

On Man Up

Released on September 12, 2025

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[Intro]

You get back to the hotel and stay there

I like it here

Go on, get moving

I said I like it here

Well, I can change that in a hurry

Yeah

Yeah

Bitches will faint at the sight of the saint

Who wanna battle me?

I'm a cold motherfucker

West Coast, bitch

West Coast, West Coast, bitch


[Chorus]

Respect my space

Get out my face

You're being replaced (Yeah)


[Verse 1]

Your whole history is being erased

No memory of you, not even a trace

You're not in my memory bank

I'm the one pumped, just remember your aim

I'm smoking the dank (Yup)

Go hard in the paint

Who you supposed to be? 'Cause I'm drawing a blank

You're dead to me, fool, starting to stink (Yeah)

Look at my shape, candy red like the paint

Bitches will faint at the sight of the saint

Trying to be him, but nigga, you can't


[Chorus]

Respect my space (Respect it)

Respect my space (Respect it)

Respect my space

Get out my face, you're being replaced (Yup)

Respect it, respect it

Respect my space

Get out my face, you're being replaced


[Verse 2]

Yo, king, respect my space

Tell that queen here come that ace

I never chase (No), I just replace (Yup)

She gave me that cash, ass and face

And her voice ain't got no bass (None)

And her baby hairs don't come with lace (No)

She know her place when I'm on the case

She at home, bitch, watching the safe

Make sure that it's safe

If it ain't safe, she'll pull out that thang and give you a taste

Lay you to waste before she say grace

I'm on my way home at a snail's pace


[Chorus]

Respect my space (Respect it)

Respect my space (Respect it)

Respect my space

Get out my face, you're being replaced

Bitches will faint at the sight of the saint

Bitches will faint, respect my space

Get out my face, you're being replaced