You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought millimeter kickin' 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 the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop me I just might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart 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) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't 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 up throw me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a because the mans 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 of equality Work me like a while they laid back Homie play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack 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, they can't keep the 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 safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm 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 devils Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is done away I should of put my gun I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers 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 life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)