You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' about what the streets do to me
'Cause never talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a different of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the Coppers try to me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty all the things they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a while they laid back Homie don't that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it scared to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be if I run away Homie is done away I of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley 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 mind was the and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a living They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)