You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the community 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 Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of being trapped in this cycle If one more cop harassed me I might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But a cop who's 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 after all the things did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me a slave while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't hold back, time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't 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 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 the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)