You know got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down 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 streets like a rat pack of Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a game Tired of trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi 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 keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets Without a cop harassing me, me asking 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 know this was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel after all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie don't play time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure 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 damned if I run is done away 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 Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley Still 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 cell I'd die then be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they keep the black man down)