You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And a different game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely the city streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then my identity up, throw me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the things did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie play that It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot first and be damned if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran through an Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they keep the black man down)