Mannish Boy – English Lyrics

• By: Jimi Hendrix

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Jimi Hendrix's electrifying cover of "Mannish Boy," a blues standard originally by Muddy Waters. This high-energy version showcases Hendrix's guitar virtuosity and offers a glimpse into his unique blend of blues, funk, and psychedelic styles. Dive in to discover how Hendrix transformed this classic into a statement of masculine confidence and musical innovation.

[English]

Oh yeah

Ooh

Everything's gonna be alright this morning

Alright

Hey, when I was a young boy

At the age of five

I have fever in my pockets

Keep a lot of folk alive

Now I'm a man, I made twenty-one

You know baby, we have whole lots of fun

Because I'm a man, spell them

Hey child, man boy

And be, oh why?

Now representing daddy's boy

Like a rolling stone

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, ooh doo doo ooh ooh ooh

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, ooh ooh oohooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Now, all you pretty women

Standing around

I'll make love to you, baby

And all this time

The line I shoot

Will never miss

See the way I make love to you

You just can't resist

'Cause I'm a man

Girl, I'm a man

Man child

Man boy

And I represent man

Come around to the beat

Oh I, I said daddy's boy

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Yeah, 'cause I'm a man

'Cause I'm a man, baby

Yeah I'm a man, baby

No child

Stand on the side

With me and my maid

We made the moon, honey

Came up to ours, babe

Now my baby's standing

The beat in our hand

Say oh baby, uh huh

You're my desire

'Cause I'm a man

Real man

Man child, baby

Man boy

I represent man

Be old

Why child?

I represent this mannish boy

Hey, 'cause I'm a man

I said I'm a man

Yeah I'm a man

Said I'm a man

Key Grammar Structures

• Everything's gonna be alright this morning

  ➔ Future contraction with 'be going to'

  ➔ The phrase 'gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', used to express a future action or state.

• When I was a young boy

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The verb 'was' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• I have fever in my pockets

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The verb 'have' is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Now I'm a man, I made twenty-one

  ➔ Present tense and past simple tense

  ➔ 'I'm' is present tense, while 'made' is past simple, showing a contrast between current state and a past action.

• Because I'm a man, spell them

  ➔ Present tense and imperative mood

  ➔ 'I'm' is present tense, and 'spell' is in the imperative mood, used to give a direct command.

• The line I shoot will never miss

  ➔ Future with 'will'

  ➔ 'Will never miss' uses 'will' to express a future action with certainty.

• You just can't resist

  ➔ Modal verb 'can't' for ability/possibility

  ➔ 'Can't' is used to express the inability or impossibility of resisting.

• I represent man

  ➔ Present tense with verb 'represent'

  ➔ The verb 'represent' is in the present tense, indicating a current action or state.