You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too many daily heading 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 There must be 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 go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum a lunatic 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, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the city a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the 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 gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie don't that It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black 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 Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be 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 my weapon Started in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain 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 Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)