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 pen   Niggas comin' out worse often when they went in   Over tha years I done alot of growin' up      Getten drunk thrown' 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 harasses me I just might go psycho   And when I gettem, I'll hittem 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      (Trapped uh)   (Uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down)   They got me trapped   (Trapped uh)   (Naw, they can't keep tha black man down)   (Trapped uh)   (Trapped uh)   (Uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down)   You know they got me trapped   (Trapped uh)   (Naw, they can't keep tha black man down)   (Trapped uh)      They got me trapped   Can barely walk tha city streets   Without a cop harassing 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 man's 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      (Trapped uh)   (Uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down)   They got me trapped   (Trapped uh)   (Naw, they can't keep tha black man down)   (Trapped uh)   (Trapped uh)   (Uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down)   You know they got me trapped   (Trapped uh)   (Naw, they can't keep tha black man down)   (Trapped uh)      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 hind site 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      (Trapped uh)   (Uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down)   They got me trapped   (Trapped uh)   (Naw, they can't keep tha black man down)   (Trapped uh)   (Trapped uh)   (Uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down)   You know they got me trapped   (Trapped uh)   (Naw, they can't keep tha black man down)   (Trapped uh)      [incomprehensible]   Let's go man, let's go, get outta here, trapped   [incomprehensible]