You know they got me trapped in prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And a different game Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, me up against 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 didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's 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 after all the things they did to me Sweated me, 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 trace of Work me like a slave they laid back Homie play that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black 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 to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too late to be him He shot first and be damned if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my said Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a living They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep 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)