You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet he bought millimeter kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off when they went in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' drunk up up Then I I had enough There be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a game Tired of being trapped in 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 crushed Yo, if your you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the streets Without a cop harassing me, me asking my identity Hands up, throw me up against the do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they didn't this was the wrong street Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop who's shot 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 all the things 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 couldn't find a of equality Work me like a slave they laid back Homie play that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm to avoid physical contact I can't back, it's time to attack jack They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm and want 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 Ain't to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the 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 Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn is dissin' you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my life in a cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You know they got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down)