You know got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth 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 city like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of being trapped in this 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 skull Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the 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 couldn't find a trace of Work me like a while they laid back Homie don't that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to 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 was irrelevant 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 I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd die then be trapped in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)