Man I Used to Be

"Man I Used To Be"
Single by k-os
from the album Joyful Rebellion
Released	2005
Format	CD single
Genre	Alternative Hip Hop
Length	3:47 [1]
Label	EMI Canada
k-os singles chronology
"Crabbuckit" (2004) "Man I Used To Be" (2005) "The Love Song" (2005)
Music video "Man I Used to Be" on YouTube

"Man I Used to Be" is a 2005 top 20 hit single in Canada by Canadian alternative rapper k-os.

Music video

The video begins with breakdancers in the hallway of an apartment building and k-os is in his room packing to leave, taking a box of seemingly great importance. k-os takes a taxi and two men fight a duel by dancing on the sidewalk. A bag man, pushing a cart with a neon light, sings the lyrics and k-os riding in the taxi, disappears by opening his box, which teleports him to the cockpit of a spacecraft in space. Footage of Maasai are seen on k-os's screen and the spacecraft enters warp drive.

Chart performance

The song peaked at #12 on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100,^{[citation needed]} making it K-os's highest reaching single. The single also reached #1 on the Muchmusic Countdown in 2005.^{[citation needed]} The song tells the story of a man who has gone through rough times and wishes to be back the way he was originally. According to the Joyful Rebellion liner notes, the song is indeed about Michael Jackson in particular, as well as K-os himself (and people in general.)

Peak chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	12

References

1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/KOs/Man-I-Used-To-Be--21275897

External links

• Music video for "Man I Used To Be" on YouTube