You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk 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 trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep 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)
They got me Can barely the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty 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 all the things they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality me like a slave while they laid back Homie play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack 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, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it scared to use my gat again I look back at the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run is done away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an Still for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light 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 hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)