You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, living on the is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he Nine millimeter kickin' about what the streets do to me
'Cause never talk peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily 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 and fame, I changed my name And played a game Tired of being trapped in vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
They got me Can barely walk the city Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, me up against the wall do a thing at all I'm tellin' you one day these suckers gotta Cuffed up me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, down casualty But it's a cop who's shot brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain 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 gonna Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me like a slave while they laid Homie don't that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm to avoid physical contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black 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 'Cause I'm sure someone is in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now the devils friend Too to be tellin' him He shot first and I'll be if I run away Homie is done away I should of put my gun I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I fired my Started steppin' in the I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but bloody Now I'm a to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an lookin' for my getaway Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today 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 life in a cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)