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 Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a game Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets a cop harassing 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 suckers gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the things 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 they laid back Homie don't that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they 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 and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the fight was But now the devils friend 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 thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell 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 the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)