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You know they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion |
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Happiness, living on tha streets is a delusion |
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Even a smooth criminal one day must get caught |
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Shot up or shot down with tha bullet that he bought |
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Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what tha streets do to me |
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Cause they never talk peace in tha black community |
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All we know is violence, do tha job in silence |
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Walk tha city streets like a rat pack of tyrants |
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Too many brothers daily heading for tha big penn |
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Niggas commin' out worse offthan when they went in |
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Over tha years i done alot of growin' up |
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Getten drunk thrown' up |
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Cuffed up |
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Then i said i had enough |
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There must be another route, way out |
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To money and fame, i changed my name |
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And played a different game |
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Tired of being trapped in this vicious cycle |
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If one more cop harrasses me i just might go psycho |
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And when i gettem |
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I'll hittem with tha bum rush |
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Only a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed |
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Yo, if your smart you'll really let me go 'g' |
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But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and catch tha uzi |
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They got me trapped.... |
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Chorus |
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[uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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They got me trapped |
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[naw, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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Trapped |
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[uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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Trapped |
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[naw, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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They got me trapped |
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Can barely walk tha city streets |
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Without a cop harrassing me, searching me |
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Then asking my identity |
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Hands up, throw me up against tha wall |
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Didn't do a thing at all |
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I'm tellen you one day these suckers gotta fall |
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Cuffed up throw me on tha concrete |
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Coppers try to kill me |
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But they didn't know this was tha wrong street |
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Bang bang, down another casualty |
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But it's a cop who's shot there's brutality |
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Who do you blame? |
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It's a shame because tha mans slain |
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He got caught in tha chains of his own game |
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How can i feel guilty after all tha things they did to me |
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Sweated me, hunted me |
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Trapped in my own community |
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One day i'm gonna bust |
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Blow up on this society |
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Why did ya lie to me ? |
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I couldn't find a trace of equality |
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Work me like a slave while they laid back |
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Homie don't play that |
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It's time i lett'em suffer tha payback |
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I'm tryin to avoid physical contact |
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I can't hold back, it's time to attack jack |
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They got me trapped |
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Chorus |
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[uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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You know they got me trapped |
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[naw, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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Trapped |
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[uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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You know they got me trapped |
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[naw, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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Now i'm trapped and want to find a getaway |
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All i need is a 'g' and somewhere safe to stay |
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Can't use tha phone |
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Cause i'm sure someone is tappin in |
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Did it before |
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Ain't scared to use my gat again |
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I look back at hindsite the fight was irrelevant |
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But now he's tha devils friend |
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Too late to be tellin' him |
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He shot first and i'll be damned if i run away |
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Homie is done away i should of put my gun away |
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I wasn't thinkin' all i heard was tha ridicule |
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Girlies was laughin', tup sayin 'damn homies is dissin you' |
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I fired my weapon |
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Started steppin' in tha hurricane |
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I got shot so i dropped |
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Feelin' a burst of pain |
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Got to my feet |
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Couldn't see nothin' but bloody blood |
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Now i'm a fugitive to be hunted like a murderer |
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Ran through an alley |
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Still lookin' for my getaway |
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Coppers said freeze, or you'll be dead today |
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Trapped in a corner |
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Dark and i couldn't see tha light |
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Thoughts in my mind was tha nine and a better life |
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What do i do ? |
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Live my life in a prison cell |
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I'd rather die than be trapped in a living hell |
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They got me trapped |
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Chorus |
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[uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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They got me trapped |
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[naw, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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Trapped |
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[uh uh, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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You know they got me trapped |
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[naw, they can't keep tha black man down] |
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Trapped |
