You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine kickin' thinking about 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 many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And a different game Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and 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, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
got me trapped Can barely the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel after all the things they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they laid don't play that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to jack They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't 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 sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I should of put my gun I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran through an Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)