'Man Down'... Rihanna sings gun crime...

Leading R&B songstress Rihanna's evocative track about a killer shooting a man in Central Station, New York, is a powerful number.

While annoying that the Barbadian singer seems to focus on the feelings of the killer (victims ignored yet again), it is an excellent musical piece that creates a picture in your mind of mindless killing and a human story around it.

Some of the 'Man Down' lyrics for meditation...

I didn't mean to end his life 

I know it wasn't right 

I cant even sleep at night 

Cant 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 

Coulda been somebody's son 

And I took his heart when 

I pulled out that gun 

Man Down 

It's a 22 

I Call her Peggy Sue 

When she fits right down in my shoe

What do you expect me to do 

If you're playing me for a fool 

I will lose my cool 

And reach for my firearm 

I didn't mean to lay him down 

But its too late to turn back now 

Don't know what I was thinking 

Now he's no longer living 

So I'm about to leave town 

Cause I didn't mean to hurt him 

Coulda been somebody's son 

And I took his heart when 

I pulled out that gun 

Look I never thought I'd do it 

Never thought I'd do it 

Never thought I'd do it 

Oh gosh 

What ever happened to me 

Why did I pull the trigger 

Pull the trigger pull the trigger BOOM 

And end a nigga, end a nigga's 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 

Mi say wah man down (a weh mi say) 

When me went downtown 

Cause now I'm a criminal criminal criminal 

Oh Lord a mercy now I am a criminal 

Man Down 

Tell the judge please gimme minimal 

Run out a town none a dem cah see me now 

Oh mama mama mama