You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And a different game Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up against the Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another 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 after all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave while laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to avoid 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, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the 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 safe to Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the fight was But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is done away I of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be 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 rather die be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)