Trapped

You know they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness living on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with the bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me Cause they never taught peace in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in silence Off the city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily headed for the big pen Niggas comin out worse off then when they went in Over the years I've done a lot of growing up Getting drunk, throwing up, cuffed up then I said I had enough There must be another route, way out To money and fame, I changed my name, played a different game Tired of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one more cop harasses me I just might go psycho And when I get 'em, I hit 'em with a bum rush only a lunatic would like to see a skull crush Yo if ya smart you'll really let me go gee But keep me in this ghetto and catch the uzi They got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Uhh-uhh they can't keep the black man down They got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Now they can't keep the black man down Trapped (Ah-ooh) Uhh-uhh they can't keep the black man down Trapped (Ah-ooh) Naw they can't keep the black man down They got me trapped Can barely walk the streets, without a cop harassing me Searching me then asking my identity Hands up, throw me up against the wall, didin't do a thing at all Telling you one day these suckas gotta fall Cuffed up, throw me on the concrete, coppers tried to kill me But they didn't know this was the wrong street Bang bang count another casualty But it's a cop who's shot for his brutality Who do you blame it's a shame cause a man's slain He got caught in the chains of his own gang How can I feel guilty after all the 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 you lie to me I couldn't find a trace of equality Worked me like a slave while they laid back, homey don't play that This time I let 'em suffer the payback, I'm trying to avoid physical contact I canEUt hold back it's time to attack jack They got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Uhh-uhh they can't keep the black man down you know they got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Naw they can't keep the black man down Trapped (Ah-ooh) Uhh-uhh they can't keep the black man down They got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Naw they can't keep the black man down Now I'm trapped, and looking for my getaway All I need is a Gee and a somewhere safe to stay Can't use the phone cause I'm sure someone's tapping in Did it before ain't scared to use my gat again I look back in hind sight the fight was irrelevant, but now he's the devil's friend, too late to be telling him He shot first I'll be damned if I run away, homey is done away I should have put my gun away I wasn't thinking, all I heard was the ridicule, girlies was laughing too saying damn homey was dissin' you Fired my weapon started stepping in a hurricane I got shot so I dropped feeling a burst of pain Got to my feet couldn't see nothing but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be hunted like a murderer Ran through an alley still looking for my getaway Copper said freeze or youEUll be dead today Trapped in a corner, dark and I couldn't see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine & 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 (Ah-ooh) Uhh-uhh they can't keep the black man down They got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Naw they can't keep the black man down Trapped (Ah-ooh) Uhh-uhh they can't keep the black man down you know they got me trapped (Ah-ooh) Naw they can't keep the black man down Trapped (Ah-ooh) Yo you seen 2pac man, y'all seen 2pac man There he go hey Pola's asking Pac, come on man come on playa, come on Pac let's go man, let's go man, let's go git outta here Fuck We'll have this whole muthafuckin' project on lock Let's go man let's go man, let's go men let's go, they got us trapped Audi 5000