Lyrics of
Its A Mans Mans Mans World

This song was inspired by an argument James Brown had with Betty Jean Newsome. Newsome claimed that many of the lyrics came from her own life, as she was trying to convey to Brown that its not just a mans world but also a womans. The song was recorded during a tumultuous period in American history, where civil rights were being fiercely contested, which added an extra layer of meaning to the song.

This is a man's world
This is a man's world
But it would be nothing
Nothing without a woman or a girl

You see man made the cars
To take us over the road
Man made the train
To carry the heavy load
Man made the electro lights
To take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water
Like Noah made the ark

This is a man's man's, man's world
But it would be nothing
Nothing without a woman or a girl

Man thinks about a little baby girls
And a baby boys
Man make them happy
'Cause man makes them toys
And after man make everything,
Everything he can
You know that man makes money
To buy from other man

This is a man's world
But it would be nothing, nothing
Not one little thing
Without a woman or a girl

He's lost In the wilderness
He's lost
And bitterness
He's lost, lost and