You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought Nine millimeter kickin' about what the streets do to me
'Cause they talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the I done a lot of growin' up drunk thrown' up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a game Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep 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)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up against the Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers fall Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I feel after all the things they 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 couldn't a trace of equality Work me like a while 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, time to attack jack 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) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is done I should of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today in a corner Dark and I see the light in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they 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)