i didn t mean to end his life i know it wasn t right i can t even sleep at night can t get it off my mind i need to get out of sight before i end up behind bars what started out as a simple altercation turned into a real sticky situation me just thinking on the time that i m facing makes me wanna cry cause i didn t mean to hurt him could ve been somebody s son and i took his heart when i pulled out that gun rum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum man down rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum man down oh mama mama mama i just shot a man down in central station in front of a big ol crowd oh why oh why oh mama mama mama i just shot a man down in central station it s a 22 i call her peggy sue when she fits right down in my shoes what you expect me to do if you re playing me for a fool i will lose my cool and reach for my fire arm i didn t mean to lay him down but it s too late to turn back now don t know what i was thinking now he s no longer living so i m bout to leave town cause i didn t mean to hurt him could ve been somebody s son and i took his heart when i pulled out that gun rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum man down rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum man down oh mama mama mama i just shot a man down in central station in front of a big ol crowd oh why oh why oh mama mama mama i just shot a man down in central station and i never thought i d do it never thought i d do it never thought i d do it oh gosh whatever happened to me ever happened to me ever happened to me why did i pull the trigger pull the trigger pull the trigger boom and end a nigga end a nigga life so soon when me pull the trigger pull the trigger pull it pon you somebody tell me what i m gonna what i m gonna do rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum me say one man down rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum when we went downtown cause now i am a criminal criminal criminal oh lord have mercy now i am a criminal man down tell the judge please gimme minimal run out a town none a them can see me now oh mama mama mama i just shot a man down in central station in front of a big ol crowd oh why oh why oh mama mama mama i just shot a man down in central station