You know they got me in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a smooth 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 never talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily 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 I had enough There be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my And played a different Tired of trapped 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 would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart 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) got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely the city streets a cop harassing me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up the wall do a thing at all I'm you one day these suckers gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a shame the mans slain He got caught in the chains of his own How can I feel guilty all the things they did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me a slave 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, 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) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and somewhere to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look back at hindsight the was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon steppin' in the hurricane I got so I dropped a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a Ran an alley Still for my getaway said Freeze, or you'll be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I couldn't see the in my mind was the nine and a better life do I do? Live my life in a prison I'd rather die then be in a living hell 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) You know they got me (Naw, they can't the black man down)