2Pac, Shock G - Trapped lyrics

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' thinkin' 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
Walk the city streets like a
Rat pack of tyrants
Too many brothers daily headed
For the big pen'
Niggas comin' out worse-off than
When they went in
Over the years I've done a lot 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, 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'll hit 'em with the bum rush
Only a lunatic would like to
See a skull crushed
Yo, if you're smart you'll really let me go
G but keep me cooped up in this
Ghetto and catch the Uzi

They got me trapped
Uh uh, they can't keep the Black man down
They got me trapped
Nah, they can't keep the Black man down
Trapped
Uh uh, they can't keep the Black man down
Trapped
Nah, they can't keep the Black man down

They got me trapped
Can barely walk the city streets
Without a cop harasskin' me, searching me
Then askin' my identity
Hands up, throw me up against the wall
Didn't do a thing at all
I'm telling you one day
These suckers gotta fall
Cuffed up, throw me on the concrete
Coppers try 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 because the man's slain
He got caught in the chains of his own game
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
Homie don't play that
It's time I let 'em suffer the 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 the Black man down
You know they got me trapped
Nah, they can't keep the Black man down
Trapped
Uh uh, they can't keep the Black man down
They got me trapped
Nah, they can't keep the Black man down

Now I'm trapped and walkin' for my getaway
All I need is a G and 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 hindsight
The fight was irrelevant
But now he's the Devil's 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've put my gun away
I wasn't thinkin'
All I heard was the ridicule
Girlies was laughin', Tup saying, "Damn
Homie's dissin' you" fired my weapon
Started steppin' in the 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
Copper say, "Freeze, or you'll be dead today"
Trapped in a corner
Dark and I couldn't see the light
Thoughts in my mind was the
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 the Black man down
They got me trapped
Nah, they can't keep the Black man down
Trapped
Uh uh, they can't keep the Black man down
You know they got me trapped
Nah, they can't keep the Black man down

Trapped
Yo, y'all seen 2Pac, man? Y'all seen 2Pac
Man? There he go! Ayy 'Pac, ayy
Rollers out here, Pac, we gon' bail
Let's go, man