You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black 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 when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of being trapped in this cycle If one more cop me I just 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 really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi 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 can't the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
They got me Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up against the 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 didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, down another But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame because the 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 gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me like a slave while laid back Homie don't play It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and 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 the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead 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 in a prison cell I'd rather die then be in a living hell got me trapped
(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 can't the black man down)