You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the 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 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 Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a different Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans 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 gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me like a slave 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, it's to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep 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 want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was 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 I should of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be in a living 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, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't the black man down)