You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
they never talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets 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 years I a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And a different game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop me I just might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me Then 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 Coppers try to me But didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm gonna Blow up on society 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 time I lett 'em the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight 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 done away I should of put my gun I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started 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 through an Still for my getaway said Freeze, or you'll be dead today 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 living got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)