You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in Over the I done 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 a different game Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
They got me Can barely the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop 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 bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave they laid back Homie play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's 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 can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay Can't use the '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 friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is done away I should of put my gun I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my 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 living got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down)