"He Wasn't Man Enough" is a dance inspired song, which features more mainstream pop music with strong R&B influences. All instruments were played by Darkchild and the background vocals were sung by Braxton, Nora Payne, Sharlotte Gibson and Darkchild. The song's vocal range starts with a D#4 chord to a C#6 chord in a chord of G Major. Popmatters praised Braxton for singing a non-ballad pop song, saying "the track seems to be an attempt to make some headway within the lucrative urban R&B market." The song's length is a total of four minutes and twenty-one seconds at a moderately slow, yet steady pace.