You know got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a game Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up against the do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day 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 casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel guilty all the things they did to me me, hunted 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 play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I hold back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again 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 Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my said Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd die then be trapped in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)