You know they got me trapped in this of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a Even a criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down the bullet that he bought millimeter kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants Too brothers daily heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out off then when they went in Over the years I a lot of growin' up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I said I had must be another route, way out To money and fame, I my name And played a different Tired of being trapped in this cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em with the bum Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this and catch the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black 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 asking my identity Hands up, throw me up against the Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up throw me on the try to kill me But they know this was the wrong street bang, down another casualty But it's a cop who's there's 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 after all the things did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on this Why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of Work me like a slave while they laid Homie don't play time I lett 'em suffer the payback I'm tryin' to physical contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) (Naw, they can't the black man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to a getaway All I is a 'G' and somewhere safe to stay use the phone '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 he's the friend Too to be tellin' him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done I should of put my gun away I wasn't all I heard was the ridicule Girlies was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is you" I my weapon Started steppin' in the I got so I dropped Feelin' a burst of Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran an alley Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or be dead today Trapped in a and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my mind was the and a better 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 the black man down) They got me (Naw, they can't the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)