You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about 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 like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen commin' out worse off then when they went in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets Without a cop me, searching me asking 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 throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel after all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust 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 don't that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to 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 scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be if I run away Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the 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 like a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they keep the black man down)