You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what 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 brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And a different game Tired of trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em 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 got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie don't play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone '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 friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and be damned if I run away 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 fired my Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)