You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, on the streets is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's 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 Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me a slave while they laid back Homie play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(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) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is done away I should of put my gun I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)