You know 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 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 the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk 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 might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't 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 keep the man down)
They got me Can walk the city 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 up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got in the chains of his own game How can I guilty after all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't hold back, 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, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the 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 sure someone is in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be 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 trapped in a living They got me
(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) You know they got me (Naw, they keep the black man down)