You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black 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 out worse off then when they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely the city streets Without a cop harassing me, 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 me on the concrete 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 because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the 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 find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they laid don't play that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay Can't use the I'm sure someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away is done away I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)