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 that he bought Nine millimeter thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we is violence, do the job in silence Walk the city streets like a rat of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out off then when they went in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had There be another route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a game Tired of trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harassed me I just might go And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (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)
got me trapped Can barely walk the streets Without a cop harassing me, me Then asking my Hands up, throw me up the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day suckers gotta fall up throw me on the concrete Coppers try to me But they didn't know this was the wrong Bang bang, another casualty But it's a cop shot there's 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 after all the things did to me Sweated me, me in my own community One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't a trace of equality Work me like a slave while laid back Homie don't play time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to avoid physical I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it scared to use my gat again I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the friend Too late to be him He shot and I'll be damned if I run away is done away I should of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I my weapon Started in the hurricane I got shot so I a burst of pain Got to my Couldn't see nothin' but blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley lookin' for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a Dark and I 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 hell 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, can't keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down)