You know they got me 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 bullet he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' 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 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 would like to see his crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me like a slave while they back Homie play that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they 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 to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again 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 damned if I run Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead 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 in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You know they got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down)