They can try to knock the confidence out of a guy, beat him up PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, but he will keep on getting up, basically the quote "fall down 7 times, stand up 8"
No one can keep a good man down.
Good always prevails over evil , whether the people are jealous or envious of the person, they will never keep him down
For example, if one friend from a crew is seperated but has a good clean heart and he starts loving a girl, he might be seperated from his 'crew' but they're the ones who change NOT the person. They can knock him down and drain his confidence but no one can keep a good man down, he'll keep on getting up and be in their faces
The appropriate phrase to use in battle which means that a soldier in your group is lying on the ground. This has been twisted into Caribbean slang to signify the same thing in context but with literal meaning and sometimes physical. Usually as an answer or response to a situation where a person doesn’t overcome the obstacle in it’s path
Guy1: Wha you geh do on tha test brudda?
Guy2:*Hand Gesture* MAN DOWN!
Scene: A gang of dudes chilling outside talking Shit when somebody happens to fall in a humorous but serious manner,
Someone yells: MAN DOWN!
Similar to the word TEK OUT