You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
they never talk peace in the black 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 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 different Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one more cop me I just might go psycho 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 got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
They got me Can barely walk the 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 tellin' you one day these suckers fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, down another But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me a slave while they laid back Homie don't that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't 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 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 the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)