Big Shaq "Man Don't Dance" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

Last year, U.K. comedian Michael Dapaah went viral with his “Fire in the Booth” freestyle, which he later flipped into his well-known hit “Man’s Not Hot.” He released a follow-up single in May titled “Man Don’t Dance” under his rap alter ego, Big Shaq. Fraser T Smith and Swifta Beater co-produced the song, and the official music video has already earned over 17 million views since its release last month. Big Shaq stopped by Genius to break down some of the lyrics to “Man Don’t Dance,” and also explained some U.K. slang in the process.
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[@TheLolMasterOwner]

William SHAQspeare

[@faizadaud4085]

lmao

[@Sarah-xx4fv]

Genius! 😂

[@patty5807]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hxhuang9306]

2:04 "bus paaaaaaaaass"

[@dom1008]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nii_amart]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@journeejohnson1376]

I can’t breathe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dead7465]

Ahaha

[@vf00]

HX Huang oop

[@gr3ygorilla915]

love this man😂

[@xxxedgar6683]

HES BACK

[@Alzz313]

Watch me drive..watch me
Watch me wipe...watch me

[@randydavid3767]

love this guy mangg -- wig stinkin ass lmaoo

[@ossi_2429]

This man is a lyrical genius. I can’t understand a word he’s saying, but I can’t stop laughing.

[@pansmiecc9970]

Ye

[@Comic3247]

ossi_ I take it your American

[@unknown_user2441]

@@Comic3247 yup

[@jxy_2972]

same

[@MM-ef5gp]

Suuuuuoooooomiiiiiiiiiiii

[@marcusbernard6054]

The way this man said bus pass I’m dead

[@chemoogzz]

Marcus Bernard Ikr lol

[@-SUM1-]

He said it in the American way, so you're laughing at the American accent, which is a good thing.

[@okhoh]

SUM1 there many American accents depends on where you live in the states.

[@NiaRYourOnlyOne]

Same 😅😅

[@crh488]

Marcus Bernard 2:06

[@KingOfKeysToDACity]

He gives life lessons

[@ohkei7287]

El'sWorld yessen

[@hmmyesinteresting]

hot ass beat *_CLAP_*

[@singularitySS]

hmm yes interesting. I sEe YoU eVerYwHeRe WhAtS Up HoMiE

[@HELLO_KORO]

I see your a fellow man of culture

[@thebrokenhomes]

hmm yes interesting. 'wait you made dis?!'

[@ダニー-e8d]

hmm yes interesting. Wannabe jy

[@brotherpabl0]

Normies...

[@lolkennedy4lyfe118]

who's watching and still scrolling through the comments.

[@chouhoudkheyr4810]

lol KENNEDY 4 lyfe me 😂😂lmao

[@Actuallysain]

me lmao im literally dying

[@jeremiahkerkulah9875]

Me too

[@TRGTACE]

I love Michael's commitment to the role. One of the best things about him, by far! This is why he is now so popular!

[@astaflo]

Adam English I think that's actually how he is in real life behind the cameras

[@TRGTACE]

@@astaflo It's not, but people believe that.

[@semalgera8867]

he is a comedian right?

[@stxnerbabii]

Man did the repel thing, with the babes 😂😂😂

[@902d]

Opposite of Lynx-effect 😂😂

[@Cin9999]

*ting

[@omg_cosmic]

*_MANS GOT CLOUT_*

[@samyao.1564]

TheCosmicLad why wasn’t he on XXL? is mans to hot for XXL

[@uzi8909]

Mans got weird flex

[@KaganTech]

Increase the volume thing!!!

[@msh4826]

Kagan ting*

[@sahilgoyal9833]

Magnet attract,Magnet repell-*quick physics*

[@hypermangi8265]

"Phyisics".

[@Niyolam]

Physics*

[@gamefun2525]

*quick physifs*

[@srirammohan9809]

Meanwhile, Shaggy: *Fuckin' magnets, how do they work!*

[@DiffensiveE]

Man not wearing the same Jacket

[@h.0436]

Diffensive e he got money for tech fleece now

[@sophiarohttrohttsophia5239]

If you saw the video you would know MAN TOOK EM OFFFFF

[@paul4424]

Because man took it off

[@doperuns]

@@sophiarohttrohttsophia5239 OMEGALOL

[@nii_amart]

2:24 inner jacket ting

[@JP-ry8fp]

"Balock Obama"

[@MinhNguyenminhja]

brrrrrrrrrrrack

[@m.m9076]

J P barrrrrrrack

[@sammabo9135]

💀😂😭 eishhh this guy!!!!!

[@cburg]

Americans acting as if they understand the references Shaq makes 😂

[@yslgandhi]

cburg he’s explaining them tho ?

[@jmadedis]

uno😂 I see US reactors laughing like they know about the fanta with no ice reference in J Hus' song

[@b1gdoggdj128]

True, we don't

[@fromthe4621]

cburg don't worry I do. Sad that big Shaq is the only UK "rapper" that most people know over here

[@okaymar]

from the 46 Giggs, Skepta? Ik some UK rappers fam.

[@smaranalva]

*W A K A N D A F O R E V E R*

[@VenomXB1]

SMAL OMFG THANKS MADE MY FUCKING NIGHT

[@Inurwalls02]

WAKANDA FOREVER!!!!

[@Jerham]

Rip Chadwick

[@MrArudark]

Ah ahh BOOM!

[@FrizzellDSouza]

Smal 😂

[@aegistro]

*Big Shaq should've been in the XXL Freshmen this class and he still would've done better than 2/3 of everyone there if not all of them*

[@MathiasJohannesen]

TheFaze You’re trying to tell me that he’s better than ski mask

[@mlgchef]

not jid and ski mask

[@XLatteHD]

jid killed it

[@simongreco3136]

are you fucking high

[@simongreco3136]

he’s dog shit plus he’s british

[@daniellemotinga5417]

You're not the only fish in the ocean 😂😂I died

[@andiqadanialmalsa2848]

Danielle Motinga there's sardine. There's cod. There's snapper

[@vianbeukes9635]

I saw this at the exact time he said it 😂

[@labass9138]

“Wig stinking like ahsss” lmfao

[@hypermangi8265]

@r$3. *

[@jamdessy3293]

That killeddd me

[@surayaa5680]

Damn he lyrical for real

[@originalrecipe7988]

2:05 He said bus pass so damn country like and I'm dying lmao

[@cerealfirend2028]

1:04 is what your looking for

[@jotarojoestar514]

Ye

[@funnyvines2509]

@Drip God me too🤣🤣

[@christfavouryeboah5650]

Man said "I consider myself like a poet.... William Shakespeare"😂😂 im deadd

[@sery.ious1y]

3:58 bro this is killing me. But Man's don't die

[@theladoflads7884]

0:16 him saying "dance" in an American accent caught me off guard ngl

[@razTF]

5:22 When you don't have your hand up but the teacher still call you

[@cathy1394]

"I'm not trying to do Uber eats"😂😂😂😂

[@fishingfrenzy9098]

Deliveroo

[@mavenchand4730]

"I kinda consider myself a poet" 😂😂😂

[@mmelizuma7089]

Hold Tight Big shaq, Chingu, AZNEE,Raknu, Big up Asaad, DJ Khaled

[@Everythingcars2013]

2018 Man's don't dance
2019 Man's don't drive
2020 Man's don't drink
2021 man's don't eat
2022 man's don die😱

[@ferdi115]

Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Nigerian parents: 1:05

[@kozen02]

That one African teacher when he abused me for bad grades 1:05

[@grindsetter]

2:36 that madd laugh so hard😂😂😂

[@antoanto4396]

Engineer: "So, basically what happened to the car.
Me: 1:05

[@verataylor41]

*Lolololol*

[@sammabo9135]

Lmaoo

[@pedrohuedro]

1:29 'deliverUUUYU' hshsjsjs me man dead

[@thaibrizzy2411]

Everytime he speaks it sounds like he's rapping 😂😭😭😭

[@daniel_faraj]

You cont denAYAYAY
You lookt in ma eyAYAY
When I wok byAYAY
Cause you know I’m flyAYAY

[@mo-xg2xk]

4:29 when you ask what is on the menu

[@fishingfrenzy9098]

Lol

[@iCaShZz]

4:53 (ahh) (boom)

[@kolltt_]

I don’t see how people say he “fell off” when most big artists don’t release a song for 8+ months and still have a big following. My dude big shaq still funny

[@thelitterbug5250]

Magnet attracts, magnet repel. Same things that make us laugh, make us cry.
-Big Smaq

[@pytang24]

ASZNEE

[@tellemlinda]

1:06... you’re welcome!

[@user-lo8zk8uw4c]

0:41 ha you thought I didnt know the word init 😂..🗿

[@MountainMitchYT]

Thought this song was just a meme but it actually has a really good meaning. When people are at events, they just bob their heads to the music, they never dance.

[@Y7D]

*This guy is HILARIOUS*

[@mohamedizlanshah1501]

big shaq better than almost the whole xxl freshmen class lol

[@SaniCarci]

“Bar Mitz-Vye”

[@zh1277]

The guy who did the subtitles deserves a raise💀

[@harambejr.4711]

*Man downgraded from the fur jacket. MANS FEELIN A LITTLE WARM.* 🧣

[@datguyzae6854]

2:06 2:09 got me in tears😂😂”A bus pass”

[@nmdvalkyrie2862]

1:04 *AAHHH* *Boom*

[@joshuat8147]

straight comedy lmaooooo

[@brianwilliszw]

2:53 you danced my guy hahahahahahaha

[@j.m.b8661]

The way he says "Big Shaq" and "shockin" is just the best

[@MrCarguy2]

5:53 *MANS DEEP*

[@manoah7826]

They corrected the lyrics at 3:13 from Louder to 'Low dat (Allow that)

[@MUFA-qm8zj]

xX_Manoah_Xx that’s what he ment

[@taniyahbrantley1068]

Reupload? *BRUDDA*

[@SycipsGD]

lyrics were kinda inaccurate so they had to reupload.

[@khumo4945]

You're just a girl

[@juliaharrell124]

That “ahh” had me weak😂😂

[@mq1405]

1:05😂😂😂😂😂bruh ma man sound like a bird

[@brionap7812]

1:04 - 1:05 I can't breath

[@krrutik]

When shaq said "if your hairline is gone all you got is your creps big man" i felt that

[@wolf3755]

Lol 2:02

[@itzlizz2632]

At least he doesn’t have s curse in each line to make a good song

[@sirmatic2776]

1:04 This is the most funniest thing I've ever heard coming out of this man's mouth *I cant stop laughing*

[@likemycommentgurl5196]

*William Shakespeare is shaking!*

[@noyerbobley1576]

Shaq: *what's man doing? driving and cleaning the windshield?*
Me: ...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kingboat1200]

The American accent kills me every time 😂

[@SZ3SC]

"You lot call it a bus pass" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jffy1902]

I'm American and I can barely understand what this man is saying but I can tell its hilarious

[@TheKinglax94]

That reupload. Upvote if you saw this already

[@Est_aniah]

TheKinglax94 i was just about to say that

[@aegistro]

Lmao the idea of Genius getting copy-striked is hilarious

[@VortexDS]

TheKinglax94 ye

[@saintsoldier5970]

They didn't get copyrighted the put (Louder) (Louder) (Louder) in the first episode but then changed it to ('Lowe dat) ('Lowe dat) ('Lowe dat)

[@adolfshitler3559]

“Upvote” alright mr mcreddit

[@waleedoo]

After watching the video, I started to understand the lyrics and actually appreciated the song. Big up Shaq ;)

[@kailarobinson1028]

3:58 BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@heavenlyhecate5317]

poor Americans,can you understand what he’s saying?

[@yvonnemojela4573]

The way he says aah🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣just kills me all the time

[@xavierregino4025]

Sound of explosion
1:05

[@Lucy-bk8br]

Ohhh yeah Oyster as in Oyster card or in Ireland it's a leap card

[@Jace9IX]

Big shaq is the best rapper on the block..change my mind

[@robbinkarlsson]

He must be trolling...?! Right? I mean, the lyrics are hilarious!! 😂

[@PlanetZero]

It's a character played by Michael Dapaah

[@robbinkarlsson]

PlanetZero it all makes sense now!!!

[@Sr.Crimson]

at 2:06 what?!

[@user-zt9hu1tf4p]

Bus pass

[@sram3172]

@2:06 , tried to be white😂

[@obikelechi3390]

Mum:where are u
Big shaq:mans in the restroom

[@OwolabbyAzeez]

MANS GOT CLOUT AND TING. Swing some of it my way lmao 😂 “any girl that can’t cook I’m not on it. I’m not do UberEats”

[@ЈованКовачевић-ъ8ш]

Poetry expressed in the *finest form*. William Shakespeare style.

[@Grulz]

A comedy rapper b tells a better story and status on topic better than 90% of rappers

[@Gogohead_jon]

Big Shaq always delivering on here

[@kifahY]

Skididi ah pop coo too coom boom skidiki ah toom toom you don’t know 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kharris20413]

Wait bro said shorty ran fa the bus but he ain’t have a bus pass so he ain’t chase the bitch😂💪🏽

[@officialyoudes]

*ASZNEE INCREASE THE VOLUME TING*

[@c.thepeace3849]

What’s wrong with dancing? How can you not dance to good music at a club

[@petpann7627]

1:05 😂

[@imiss2016]

2:07 lmao 😂

[@ashwinikumar3376]

1:05 I can laugh for hours here

[@jonspeidel]

AHHHAGHHHH

[@jonspeidel]

BOOM

[@TheRisheee]

Oh my they changed the lyrics because of my comment!!! It used to say "Louder" instead of "Low dat", I commented then the video got taken down, re uploaded and changed. Genius feel free to credit me!!!

[@mcskittlez8499]

TheRisheee fuck up

[@earriSSxH]

Tweezy F Exactly yo. Fuck up.

[@brotherpabl0]

👆👆

[@1hunnit435]

TheRisheee I don’t believe any one gives a shit

[@kellyy2399]

TheRisheee xX_Manoah_Xx

[@LegitMusic]

We saw this before but fuck it I’ll watch it again lol

[@sfwfigures5489]

And who said we don't have culture in the UK