You know got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
they never talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen commin' out worse off then when they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To and fame, I changed 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 I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a would like 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 got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the streets Without a cop me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I guilty after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm gonna up on this 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 time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I hold back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too late to be him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)