You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, on the streets is a delusion 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 peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city streets like a rat pack of Too many brothers daily for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a game Tired of being trapped in this vicious If one more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull 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 can't 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 keep the black man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the city a cop harassing me, searching me Then my identity Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete 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 in the chains of his own game 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 couldn't find a of equality Work me like a while they laid back Homie don't play time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid contact I can't hold back, time to attack jack They got me
(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 the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay Can't use the I'm sure someone is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I of put my gun away I thinkin' all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my steppin' in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) You they got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)