You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine millimeter thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause never talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And a different game Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I guilty after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they laid Homie don't that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay Can't use the I'm sure someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the fight was But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and be damned if I run away is done away I should of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd die then be trapped in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't the black man down)