You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To money and fame, I my name And a different game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush a lunatic would like 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 They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (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)
They got me Can barely the city streets Without a cop me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they know this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's shot 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 me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me a slave while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now the devils friend 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 to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the and a better life do I do? Live my life in a 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 can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down)