You know got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought millimeter kickin' thinking 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 like a rat pack of Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse 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 being trapped in this cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets 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 suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, down 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 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 find a of equality Work me like a while they laid back don't play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the 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 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the 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 an alley Still 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 life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell 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) You they got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)