You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants 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 be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a lunatic would like to see his crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't 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)
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 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 shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got caught in the 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 bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's time to jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and be damned if I run away is done away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't 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 they got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)