You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause never talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers 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' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a different 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 with the bum Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely the city streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then my identity up, throw me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall up throw 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 who's there's brutality Who do you a shame because the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I guilty after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie don't that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep 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 safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look back at the fight was irrelevant 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 of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the 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 Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my mind was the and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be in a living hell 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 keep the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't the black man down)