You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a smooth criminal one day 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 is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas out worse off then when they went in the years I done a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To money and fame, I my name 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 the bum rush Only a lunatic would like to see his skull Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi 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 the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely 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 Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop shot there's brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I feel guilty all the things they did to me Sweated me, me Trapped in my own 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 they back don't play that It's I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I can't hold back, it's time to attack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black 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 Can't use the 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be damned if I run Homie is 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 my weapon Started steppin' in the I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my said Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the and a better life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd die then be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)