You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter thinking about what the streets do to me
they never talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of trapped in this vicious cycle 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 like to see his 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 the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up against the Didn't do a at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's shot 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 in my own community One day I'm gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they laid Homie don't that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack 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 keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep 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 sure someone is in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I should of put my gun I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I my weapon steppin' 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 like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)