n[ad libs for the first 22 seconds]nn[Chorus: Red Cafe]nExcuse me! I happen to be the boss mannExcuse me! I happen to be the weathermannExcuse me! I happen to be the ice mannExcuse me! I happen to be the dopemannAnd I'm the man - yes, shorty I'm the mannI'm the man - yes, shorty I'm the mannAnd I'm the man - yes, shorty I'm the mannI'm the man - yes, shorty I'm the mannn[Fabolous - over second half of Chorus]nThat's menThe motherfuckin man, 'Lo-sonDue to the present in your pastnIn present where your man bitch?nn[Fabolous]nYes, I'm the man, yes shorty I'm the mannI'm so fly there's no tellin when I'ma landnYou tryin to come up on somethin mami I'm the playernSo play the cards you was dealt baby I'm the handnYoung Denzel, I'm the inside mannThey open they legs to let me inside mannI work the middle, call it an inside jobnThe hey mon, I got ten side jobsnThe boss man, the ice man and weathermannThe weed man for Redman and Method MannThe dope man, the gun man, the mailmannThe spokesman, the cheer man, the salesmannUsed to spread the white shit like hail mannAnd I moved more bags than the bellmannNow I'm the man of the da-da-da-da-damnnIf you ain't get the message let me tell you who I am (BITCH!)nn[Chorus]nn[Fabolous]nYeah... I'm the man - yes, shorty I'm the mannLookin for some good shit, then I'm your mannJust say my name three times like CandymannI pop up, fix it up like a handymannYou know how the man do, Coupe is all mad newnGinoblis, but the truck is on KobesnThrough the bulletproof when you're in the Sport mannThe slugs come through your window like grown mannAww man! There go your man againnI fifth him up, stiff him up like a mannequinnI ain't trippin but dude think he the Man of SteelnHe slippin up and he don't even see banana peelsnAnd one night I made plans to do himnThe bitch is so easy a caveman could do itnShe know I'm the man of the da-da-da-da-damnnBut F-Y-I, let me tell you who I am (BITCH!)nn[Chorus]