"The Man" is a song by American vocalist Aloe Blacc. First included on his EP Wake Me Up, the song was later released as the second single from his third studio album Lift Your Spirit by Interscope Records. Blacc co-wrote the track with its producers, DJ Khalil, as well as Sam Barsh and Daniel Seeff. Elton John and Bernie Taupin are also credited as co-writers, because the song's chorus is built upon an interpolation of the line " You can tell everybody" from John's 1971 single "Your Song", co-written with Taupin.