You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause never talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out off then when they went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of being trapped in 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 would like to see his crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they 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 walk the city streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the they 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 don't play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I can't hold back, time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to 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 hindsight the fight was But now the devils friend Too late to be 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 was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell 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 can't the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)