You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' about what the streets do to me
'Cause they talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a different Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if your 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) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the things did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me a slave while they laid back Homie play that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to avoid contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe 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 late to be him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I should of put my gun I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (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 the black man down)