You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter 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 Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, throw me up against the do a thing at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I guilty after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own One day I'm gonna up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave they laid back Homie don't that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid 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, they keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be 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 was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)