You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he Nine millimeter kickin' thinking what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in Over the years I done a lot of 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 game Tired of being in this vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch 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, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they know this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel guilty after all the they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave while they 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, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere 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 devils Too to be tellin' him He first 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 my weapon 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 like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living 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, can't keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down)