You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought Nine millimeter kickin' about what the streets do to me
'Cause never 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 daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough There must be route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And a different game Tired of being trapped in 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 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 got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't 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, they can't the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of me like a slave while they laid back Homie play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I can't hold back, it's time to jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and be damned if I run away Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)