You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the 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 changed my And played a game Tired of trapped in this 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 ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't 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 the black man down)
got me trapped Can walk the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall do a thing 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 wrong bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got in the chains of his own game How can I guilty 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 couldn't a trace of equality me like a slave while they laid back Homie play that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they 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 safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils 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 heard was the Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today in a corner 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 die then be trapped in a living hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)