You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he Nine millimeter thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There must be 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 might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a 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 Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave they laid back Homie don't play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't 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 want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay 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 Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd die then be trapped in a living hell They got me
(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) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)