| Lyrics: | (This is by Public Enemy Not Rage Against The Machine)
I got a letter from the government
the other day
I opened it and read it
It said they were suckers
They wanted me for
their army or whatever
Picture me given' a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never
gave a damn
About a brother like me and myself
Because they never did
I wasn't wit'
it, but just that very minute
It occured to me
The suckers had authority
Cold
sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
How long has it been?
They got me sittin' in the state
pen
I gotta get out, but taht thought was thought before
I contemplated a plan on the cell
floor
I'm not a fugitive on the run
But a brother like me begun to be another
one
Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
To criticize me some crime, never
the less
They could not understand that I'm a black man
And I could never be a
veteran
On the strength, the situation's unreal
I got a raw deal, so I'm goin' for the
steal
They 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 well
The same motherfucker
got us livin' is his hell
You have to realize, what its a form of slavery
Organized under
a swarm of devils
Straight up, word'em up on the level
The reasons are several, most of
them federal
Here is my plan anyway and I say
I got gusto, but only some I can
trust,yo
Some do a bid from 1 to 10
And I never did, and plus I never been
I'm on a
tier where no tears should ever fall
Cell block and locked, I never clock it y'all
'Cause
time and time again time
They got me servin' to those and to them
I'm not a
citizen
But ever when I catch a C-O
Sleepin' on the job, my plan is on go-ahead
On
the strength, I'ma tell you the deal
I got nothin' to lose
'Cause I'm goin' for the
steel
You know I caught a C-O
Fallin' asleep on death row
I grabbed his gun, then he
did what I said so
And every man's got served
Along with the time they served
Decency
was deserved
To understand my demands
I gave a warnin', I wanted the governor,
y'all
And plus the warden to know
That I was innocent
Because I'm
militant
Posing a threat, you bet it's fuckin' up the government
My plan said I had to get
out and break north
Just like with Oliver's neck
I had to get off, my boys had the feds in
check
They couldn't do nuthin'
We had a force to instigate a prison riot
This is what
it takes for peace
So I just took the piece
Black for black inside time to cut the
leash
Freedom to get out, to the ghetto, no sell out
6 C-Os we got we ought to put their
head out
But I'll give 'em a chance, cause I'm civilized
As for the rest of the world,
they can't realize
A cell is hell, I'm a rebel so I rebel
Between bars, got me thinkin'
like an animal
Got a woman C-O to call me a copter
She tried to get away, and I popped
her
Twice, right
Now who wanna get nice?
I had 6 C-Os, now it's 5 to go
And I'm
serious, call me delirious
But I'm still a captive
I gotta rap this
Time to break as
time grows intense
I got the steel in my right hand
Now I'm lookin' for the fence
I
ventured into the courtyard
Followed by 52 brothers
Bruised, battered, and scarred but
hard
Goin' out with a bang
Ready to bang out
But power from the sky
And from the
tower shots rang out
A high number of dose, yes
And some came close
Figure I trigger
my steel
Stand and hold my post
This is what I mean, an anti-nigger machine
If I come
out alive and then they won't, come clean
And then I threw up my steel bullets, flew
up
Blew up, who shot
What, who, the bazooka was who
And to my rescue, it was the
S1Ws
Secured my getaway, so I just gotaway
The joint broke, from the black smoke
Then
they saw it was rougher thatn the average bluffer
'Cause the steel was black, the attitude
exact
Now the chase is on tellin' you to c'mon
53 brothers on the run, and we are gone |
