You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk thrown' up up Then I I had enough There must be route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, me up against the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I guilty after all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality me like a slave while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm sure 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 to be tellin' him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead Trapped in a Dark and I see the light in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't 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) You know they got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down)