You Know They Got Me Trapped In This Prison
Of Seclusion Happiness, Living On Tha Streets Is A
Delusion Even A Smooth Criminal One Day Must Get
Caught Shot Up Or Shot Down With Tha Bullet
That He Bought Nine Millimeter Kickin′ Thinking About What
Tha Streets Do To Me Cause They Never Talk
Peace In Tha Black Community All We Know Is
Violence, Do Tha Job In Silence Walk Tha City
Streets Like A Rat Pack Of Tyrants Too Many
Brothers Daily Heading For Tha Big Penn Niggas Commin'
Out Worse Offthan When They Went In Over Tha
Years I Done Alot Of Growin′ Up Gettin' Drunk
Throwin' Up Cuffed Up Then I Said I Had
Enough There Must Be Another Route, Way Out To
Money And Fame, I Changed My Name And Played
A Different Game Tired Of Being Trapped In This
Vicious Cycle If One More Cop Harrasses Me I
Just Might Go Psycho And When I Get ′em
I′ll Hit 'em With Tha Bum Rush Only A
Lunatic Would Like To See His Skull Crushed Yo,
If Your Smart You′ll Really Let Me Go 'G′
But Keep Me Cooped Up In This Ghetto And
Catch Tha Uzi They Got Me Trapped... (Uh
Uh, They Can't Keep Tha Black Man Down) They
Got Me Trapped (Naw, They Can′t Keep Tha Black
Man Down) Trapped (Uh Uh, They Can't Keep Tha
Black Man Down) Trapped (Naw, They Can't Keep Tha
Black Man Down) They Got Me Trapped Can
Barely Walk Tha City Streets Without A Cop Harrassing
Me, Searching Me Then Asking My Identity Hands Up,
Throw Me Up Against Tha Wall Didn′t Do A
Thing At All I′m Tellin' You One Day These
Suckers Gotta Fall Cuffed Up Throw Me On Tha
Concrete Coppers Try To Kill Me But They Didn′t
Know This Was Tha Wrong Street Bang Bang, Down
Another Casualty But It's A Cop Who′s Shot There's
Brutality Who Do You Blame? It′s A Shame Because
Tha Mans Slain He Got Caught In Tha Chains
Of His Own Game How Can I Feel Guilty
After All Tha Things They Did To Me Sweated
Me, Hunted Me Trapped In My Own Community One
Day I'm Gonna Bust Blow Up On This Society
Why Did Ya Lie To Me? I Couldn't Find
A Trace Of Equality Work Me Like A Slave
While They Laid Back Homie Don′t Play That It′s
Time I Lett'em Suffer Tha Payback I′m Tryin To
Avoid Physical Contact I Can't Hold Back, It′s Time
To Attack Jack They Got Me Trapped (Uh
Uh, They Can't Keep Tha Black Man Down) You
Know They Got Me Trapped (Naw, They Can′t Keep
Tha Black Man Down) Trapped (Uh Uh, They Can't
Keep Tha Black Man Down) You Know They Got
Me Trapped (Naw, They Can't Keep Tha Black Man
Down) Now I′m Trapped And Want To Find
A Getaway All I Need Is A ′G' And
Somewhere Safe To Stay Can′t Use Tha Phone Cause
I'm Sure Someone Is Tappin In Did It Before
Ain′t Scared To Use My Gat Again I Look
Back At Hindsite The Fight Was Irrelevant But Now
He's Tha Devils Friend Too Late To Be Tellin′
Him He Shot First And I'll Be Damned If
I Run Away Homie Is Done Away I Should
Of Put My Gun Away I Wasn't Thinkin′ All
I Heard Was Tha Ridicule Girlies Was Laughin′, Tup
Sayin 'Damn Homies Is Dissin You' I Fired My
Weapon Started Steppin' In Tha Hurricane I Got Shot
So I Dropped Feelin′ A Burst Of Pain Got
To My Feet Couldn't See Nothin′ But Bloody Blood
Now I'm A Fugitive To Be Hunted Like A
Murderer Ran Through An Alley Still Lookin′ For My
Getaway Coppers Said Freeze, Or You'll Be Dead Today
Trapped In A Corner Dark And I Couldn't See
Tha Light Thoughts In My Mind Was Tha Nine
And A Better Life What Do I Do? Live
My Life In A Prison Cell I′d Rather Die
Than Be Trapped In A Living Hell They Got
Me Trapped (Uh Uh, They Can′t Keep Tha
Black Man Down) They Got Me Trapped (Naw, They
Can't Keep Tha Black Man Down) Trapped (Uh Uh,
They Can′t Keep Tha Black Man Down) You Know
They Got Me Trapped (Naw, They Can't Keep Tha
Black Man Down) Trapped