You know they got me in this 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 bullet he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city 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 me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got caught in the chains of his own 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 this Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they laid Homie don't that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is away 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 my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I 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 Still for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner 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 cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)