You know they got me trapped in this prison of Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth one day must get caught Shot up or down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk peace in the black All we is violence, do the job in silence the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when they in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' thrown' up up Then I I had enough There 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 more cop harassed me I just go psycho And I get 'em hit 'em with the bum rush Only a would like to see his skull crushed Yo, if smart you'll really let me go 'G' But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and the Uzi They got me
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they keep the black man down) (Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
got me trapped Can barely walk the streets Without a cop me, searching me Then asking my Hands up, me up against the wall do a thing 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 know was the wrong street Bang bang, another 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 of his own game How can I feel guilty all the things they 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 a slave while they laid back Homie don't play It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm tryin' to physical contact I can't 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 can't the black man down) (Naw, they keep the black man down)
Now I'm and want to find a getaway All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay use the phone 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't scared to use my gat I look at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He shot first and I'll be if I run away Homie is done away I 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 in the hurricane I got so I dropped Feelin' a of pain Got to my Couldn't see but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted a murderer Ran through an Still for my getaway Coppers said Freeze, or you'll be dead in a corner Dark and I couldn't see the Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a better do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a living got me trapped
(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) You they got me trapped (Naw, they can't the black man down)