You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a game Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop me I just 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 your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely the city streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up against the do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop shot 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 gonna Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of me like a slave while they laid back Homie don't play 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, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot first and 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 was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the 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 trapped in a hell 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 can't the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)