Mannie Fresh Could Walk On Water
Na do you have more riches than the sea got fishes/
Can you do more broads than the feds got snitches/
See i ride Lexus land with the tv playing/
Getting head shake a fed with the phone in my hand/ â fyi this Q93 version.
That right there was my first introduction to my lord and savior Mannie Fresh. My older cousin told me, âhe made the beat too.â The song was âget your shine onâ. I was in 7th grade. My mind was blown. Who the fuck was this magical guy? This unicorn? A real patron Saint with a âfro (before Webbie) that hung with dirty uptown niggas. What a human.
I know you bitches canât stand me /
Lexus with the candy blowing on blunts sipping on brandy/
Now thatâs a good car paw paw cleaner than you ever saw/
Oh shit. This nigga funny too. Who is this man? I need to know more. I found out Mannie was from the 7th ward. I was an underprivileged kid from uptown that never left uptown. I ainât even know where the 7th ward was in â97. Shit was like a whole new world. I asked my momma to bring me to the 7th ward that weekend. I got a happy meal from McDonaldâs on St. Bernard and Broad that Saturday. Asked the McDonaldâs employee if Fresh was around. He told he was in East over. Thought to myself what the fuck is a east over. This was a good start but I needed to know more. Asked my momma to bring me East over. We pull up. Yo this nigga had a guard at the front bro. We couldnât get in. I knew he was a legend. Then I heard Mannie say...
âHave you ever met a baller in yo whole damn life/
With plenty money, plenty bitches and a whole lotta ice/
Iâm that nigga mane, the one they talking about/
Iâm that nigga mane, with the big ass house/
Hold up.. this nigga rich? Seventh grade me was tryna elect Fresh as President of this whole shit. Dawg rapping, he funny, he making beats, and this nigga rich? I later found in 1998 when his grand father passed, he left him with a Monte Carlo and whole lot of cash. Picture this... his shit was bubble gum blue with leather plush seats. Nigga. Come. On. What more you want? But wait... thereâs more. He also had an illegal regal it was so tight.. and if you touched it the whole 7th ward was fin ride. Bro if you touched mans car the entire hood was coming out. This man was turned the 7 into the fruit of Islam. Everything basically checked out.
Back up for the most spectacular, cakestackular/
Performance like Acura, got these hoes scared like Dracula/
How you love that diamond bezel/
Blinding everything in this bitch when i hit the champezzle/
This MF spitting dawg. He making up words. The nigga a vampire. He creating words. What canât this man do? Did you know that even his moniker has a double meaning? You didnât huh? Lemme show you bro/sis. Bro-sis.
Mannie Fresh
Mannie
Fresh
Man
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Fresh.
Man
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O-M-G
You ainât even see that huh? You ainât had the vision dawg. Mannie did the math my g. He was stuntin even when he wasnât. Damn thatâs hard.
Fresh went on to create the soundtrack to my life... 400 degreez. Because I too eat, sleep, shit and talk rap. Iâm forever grateful. I also gotta mention he was the engine between Cash Money Records. Countless albums. Countless songs. He also made âboom boom clapâ a famous saying to start a Jeezy song. A magical human. Last but not least.. Mannie taught me multiple lessons in believing in myself. Mannie was the first man I heard call himself beautiful. Mannie , said he came from a city where the girls is alright and the niggas is prettyâ. This man a modern day non racist Dr. Seuss. Fresh would give you the beat, a verse and a hook. Boy was a one stop shop. A musical eco system if you will. Fresh the Lebron James of Production. Boy gonna give you whatever it take to win the championship. You see how i tied that in? @Espn yâall hiring? What Iâm saying is Fresh is the best beat maker this side of earth. Go debate ya bald head maw.
Take me baby to the motel/
When we're finished you can go tell /
Teresa, Lisa, and Dawn/
How we got butt-naked and got it on/
How I split ya, hit ya and brung ya home/
Stole ya chains and rings and herringbone/ <ââ- â€ïžromance
The writer would like to add he did ultimately get access to the 7th ward. Triangle deli and the blue store never lead me astray. Eastover is also a pillar of the eastern lands. Iâve now been multiple times. Thank you for everything Mannie.
- the Gawd, amen, gone








