You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily for the big pen commin' out worse off then when they went in Over the years I done a lot of up drunk thrown' up up Then I said I had There must be route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And a different game Tired of being trapped in this vicious 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 crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) got me trapped (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 city 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 up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the street Bang bang, down 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 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 bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a of equality Work me like a while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm to avoid physical contact I can't hold back, it's to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't 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 sure someone is in Did it scared to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead 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 in a prison cell I'd rather die be trapped in a living hell got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)