You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' drunk up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And a different game Tired of trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart 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 keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets Without a cop harassing me, me asking my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the Coppers try to me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans 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 gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the and a better life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)