I got a letter from the governmentThe other dayI opened and read
itIt said they were suckersThey wanted me for their army or
whateverPicture me given' a damn - I said neverHere is a
land that never gave a damnAbout a brother like me and
myselfBecause they never didI wasn't wit' it, but just
that very minute...It occured to meThe suckers had authorityCold
sweatin' as I dwell in my cellHow long has it been?They got
me sittin' in the state penI gotta get out - but that
thought was thought beforeI contemplated a plan on the cell
floorI'm not a fugitive on the runBut a brother like me
begun - to be another onePublic enemy servin' time - they
drew the line y'allTo criticize me some crime - never the
lessThey could not understand that I'm a Black manAnd I
could never be a veteranOn the strength, the situation's
unrealI got a raw deal, so I'm goin' for the steelThey
got me rottin' in the time that I'm
servin'Tellin' you what happened the same time
they're throwin'4 of us packed in a cell like slaves -
oh wellThe same motherfucker got us livin' is his hellYou
have to realize - what its a form of slaveryOrganized under a
swarm of devilsStraight up - word'em up on the levelThe
reasons are several, most of them federalHere is my plan anyway
and I sayI got gusto, but only some I can trust - yoSome do a
bid from 1 to 10And I never did, and plus I never beenI'm
on a tier where no tears should ever fallCell block and locked -
I never clock it y'all'Cause time and time again
timeThey got me servin' to those and to themI'm not a
citizenBut ever when I catch a C-OSleepin' on the job - my
plan is on go-aheadOn the strength, I'ma tell you the dealI
got nothin' to lose'Cause I'm goin' for the
steelYou know I caught a C-OFallin' asleep on death rowI
grabbed his gun - then he did what I said soAnd everyman's
got servedAlong with the time they servedDecency was deservedTo
understand my demandsI gave a warnin' - I wanted the
governor, y'allAnd plus the warden to knowThat I was
innocent -Because I'm militantPosing a threat, you bet
it's fuckin' up the governmentMy plan said I had to
get out and break northJust like with Oliver's neckI had to
get off - my boys had the feds in checkThey couldn't do
nuthin'We had a force to instigate a prison riotThis is
what it takes for peaceSo I just took the pieceBlack for Black
inside time to cut the leashFreedom to get out - to the ghetto -
no sell out6 C-Os we got we ought to put their head outBut
I'll give 'em a chance, cause I'm civilizedAs for
the rest of the world, they can't realizeA cell is hell -
I'm a rebel so I rebelBetween bars, got me thinkin'
like an animalGot a woman C-O to call me a copterShe tried to
get away, and I popped herTwice, rightNow who wanna get nice?I
had 6 C-Os, now it's 5 to goAnd I'm serious - call me
deliriousBut I'm still a captiveI gotta rap thisTime to
break as time grows intenseI got the steel in my right handNow
I'm lookin' for the fenceI ventured into the
courtyardFollowed by 52 brothersBruised, battered, and scarred
but hardGoin' out with a bangReady to bang outBut power
from the skyAnd from the tower shots rang outA high number of
dose - yesAnd some came closeFigure I trigger my steelStand and
hold my postThis is what I mean - an anti-nigger machineIf I
come out alive and then they won't - come cleanAnd then I
threw up my steel bullets - flew up and to my suprise the water
towerBlew up, who shot...What, who, the bazooka was whoAnd to my
rescue, it was the S1WsSecured my getaway, so I just gotawayThe
joint broke, from the black smokeThen they saw it was rougher
thatn the average bluffer'Cause the steel was black, the
attitude exactNow the chase is on tellin' you to
c'mon53 brothers on the run, and we are gone
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