You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine millimeter thinking about what the streets do to me
they never talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a game Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one more cop me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his 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, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the 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 suckers gotta Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I guilty 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 slave while they laid Homie don't that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay use the phone '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 and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I 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 steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, can't 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)