You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause never 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 Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And a different game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might 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 keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty after all the 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 find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie don't play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I hold back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the 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 someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat 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 if I run away Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I my weapon Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my 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 living They got me
(Uh uh, can't 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) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)