You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot down the bullet 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 a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen commin' 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 be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And a different 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 smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
They got me 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 gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the Coppers try to me But they didn't know was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's there's brutality Who do you It's a shame because the mans He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty after all the they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust up on this society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality me like a slave while they laid back Homie don't that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, it's time to jack They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and somewhere safe to use the phone 'Cause I'm someone is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too late to be him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I should of put my gun I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway said Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be trapped in a living They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down)