You know got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought millimeter kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in this cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they 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 keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city Without a cop harassing me, me Then my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got in the chains 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 Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave while laid back Homie don't that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to avoid physical I can't hold back, it's time to jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want 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 back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is done away I should of put my gun I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the in my mind was the nine and a better 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) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)