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 up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen commin' out worse off then when they went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a game Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they 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 keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall do a thing at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the Coppers try to me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me a slave while they laid back Homie play that It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black 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 to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned 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 Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran through an Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd die then be trapped in a living hell 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) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)