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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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[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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[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 toda
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Trapped
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