You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out off then when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough There 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 harassed me I just might go And I get 'em hit 'em with 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 cooped up in this and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they 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 city a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up against the Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers fall Cuffed up throw me on the Coppers try to me But they didn't this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me like a slave while they laid Homie don't that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep 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 can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay Can't use the I'm sure someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot and I'll be damned 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 Started in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the 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 keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)