You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter thinking about 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 of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough must be another 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 lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city Without a cop harassing me, me Then asking my up, throw me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But didn't know this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got caught in the of his own game How can I guilty 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 find a trace of equality me like a slave while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical 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 keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was But now the devils friend Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be if I run away is done away I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison 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, can't keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)