You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a game Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll 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) They got me (Naw, they can't the black 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 a cop harassing me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But didn't 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 shame because the slain He got in the chains 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 gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while laid back Homie play that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical 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, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to Can't use the I'm sure someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run is done away 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 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 like a Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)