You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about 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 brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I I had enough There be another 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 me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep 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, can't keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city Without a cop harassing me, me asking my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty after all the things 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 find a trace 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 avoid physical I can't hold back, it's time to attack 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) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at the fight was irrelevant 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 thinkin' all I heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today in a corner Dark and I see the light in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell 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 keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)