Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Everythin', everythin', everythin's gonna be alright this mornin' Ooh yeah! Whoaw! Yeah! Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five My mother said I was gonna be, the greatest man alive But now I'm a man, way past 21 I want you to believe me baby, I had lot's of fun I'm a man! I spell, M, A, child N That represents man No B! O child Y That mean mannish boy! I'm a man! I'm a full grown man! I'm a man! I'm a natural born lovers man! I'm a man! I'm a rollin' stone! I'm a man I'm a hoochie coochie man Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate You know I'm made to move you honey, come up two hours late Wasn't that a man? I spell, M, A, child N That represents man No B! O child Y That mean mannish boy! Man! I'm a full grown man! Man! I'm a natural born lovers man! Man! I'm a rollin' stone! Man, child! I'm a hoochie coochie man! The line that I shoot, I will never miss When I make love to a woman, she can't resist I think I go down, to old Kansas stew I'm gonna bring back my second cousin, that little Johnny Cocheroo All you little girls, sittin'out at that line I can make love to you woman, in five minutes time Ain't that a man? I spell, M, A, child N That represents man No B! O child Y That mean mannish boy! Man! I'm a full grown man! Man! I'm a natural born lovers man! Man! I'm a rollin' stone! I'm a man, child! I'm a hoochie coochie man! Well, well, well, well, hurry Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Don't hurt me, don't hurt me child! Don't hurt me, don't hurt, don't hurt me child! Well, well, well, well Yeah
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Everythin', everythin', everythin's gonna be alright this mornin' Ooh yeah! Whoaw! Yeah! Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five My mother said I was gonna be, the greatest man alive But now I'm a man, way past 21 I want you to believe me baby, I had lot's of fun I'm a man! I spell, M, A, child N That represents man No B! O child Y That mean mannish boy! I'm a man! I'm a full grown man! I'm a man! I'm a natural born lovers man! I'm a man! I'm a rollin' stone! I'm a man I'm a hoochie coochie man Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate You know I'm made to move you honey, come up two hours late Wasn't that a man? I spell, M, A, child N That represents man No B! O child Y That mean mannish boy! Man! I'm a full grown man! Man! I'm a natural born lovers man! Man! I'm a rollin' stone! Man, child! I'm a hoochie coochie man! The line that I shoot, I will never miss When I make love to a woman, she can't resist I think I go down, to old Kansas stew I'm gonna bring back my second cousin, that little Johnny Cocheroo All you little girls, sittin'out at that line I can make love to you woman, in five minutes time Ain't that a man? I spell, M, A, child N That represents man No B! O child Y That mean mannish boy! Man! I'm a full grown man! Man! I'm a natural born lovers man! Man! I'm a rollin' stone! I'm a man, child! I'm a hoochie coochie man! Well, well, well, well, hurry Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Don't hurt me, don't hurt me child! Don't hurt me, don't hurt, don't hurt me child! Well, well, well, well Yeah
• “Mannish Boy” foi gravado pela primeira vez em 1955 por Muddy Waters.
• O tema funciona como uma resposta (“answer song”) à faixa “I’m a Man”, de Bo Diddley, que por sua vez foi inspirada por “Hoochie Coochie Man”, de Muddy Waters e Willie Dixon.
• A música apresenta um figura de stop‑time repetitiva em apenas um acorde durante toda a sua duração.
• A frase repetida “I’m a man, I spell M, A, child, N” foi interpretada como um gesto político, afirmando a identidade do homem negro no contexto da migração de Waters do sul para Chicago.
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