You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about the streets do to me
they never talk peace in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets a rat pack of tyrants Too many daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in Over the I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' drunk up up Then I I had enough There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(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)
They got me Can barely walk the streets a cop harassing 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 suckers gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty 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 guilty 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 find a trace of equality Work me a slave while they laid back Homie don't that time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical 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 keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay 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 friend Too to be tellin' him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a 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 better do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a living 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 can't keep the man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)