You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the that he bought millimeter kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in the years 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 my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in this cycle If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up against the do a thing at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's shot there's Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty after all the things did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave while laid back Homie play that It's time I 'em suffer the payback I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's time to attack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run is done away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I heard was the was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my 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 an alley Still for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep 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 know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)