You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought millimeter kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city Without a cop harassing me, me asking 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 throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty after all the things did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't a trace of equality me like a slave while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack 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, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away is done away I should of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley Still 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 life in a cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't the black man down)