I got a letter from the government
the other day
i opened and read it
it said they were suckers
they wanted me for their army or whatever
picture me givenand' 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 wasnand't witand' it, but just that very minute...
it occured to me
the suckers had authority
cold sweatinand' as i dwell in my cell
how long has it been?
they got me sittinand' in the state pen
i gotta get out - but that thought was thought before
i contemplated a plan on the cell floor
iand'm not a fugitive on the run
but a brother like me begun - to be another one
public enemy servinand' time - they drew the line yand'all
to criticize me some crime - never the less
they could not understand that iand'm a black man
and i could never be a veteran
on the strength, the situationand's unreal
i got a raw deal, so iand'm goinand' for the steel
they got me rottinand' in the time that iand'm servinand'
tellinand' you what happened the same time theyand're throwinand'
4 of us packed in a cell like slaves - oh well
the same motherfucker got us livinand' is his hell
you have to realize - what its a form of slavery
organized under a swarm of devils
straight up - wordand'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
iand'm on a tier where no tears should ever fall
cell block and locked - i never clock it yand'all
and'cause time and time again time
they got me servinand' to those and to them
iand'm not a citizen
but ever when i catch a c-o
sleepinand' on the job - my plan is on go-ahead
on the strength, iand'ma tell you the deal
i got nothinand' to lose
and'cause iand'm goinand' for the steel
you know i caught a c-o
fallinand' asleep on death row
i grabbed his gun - then he did what i said so
and everymanand's got served
along with the time they served
decency was deserved
to understand my demands
i gave a warninand' - i wanted the governor, yand'all
and plus the warden to know
that i was innocent -
because iand'm militant
posing a threat, you bet itand's fuckinand' up the government
my plan said i had to get out and break north
just like with oliverand's neck
i had to get off - my boys had the feds in check
they couldnand't do nuthinand'
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 iand'll give and'em a chance, cause iand'm civilized
as for the rest of the world, they canand't realize
a cell is hell - iand'm a rebel so i rebel
between bars, got me thinkinand' 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 itand's 5 to go
and iand'm serious - call me delirious
but iand'm still a captive
i gotta rap this
time to break as time grows intense
i got the steel in my right hand
now iand'm lookinand' for the fence
i ventured into the courtyard
followed by 52 brothers
bruised, battered, and scarred but hard
goinand' 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 wonand'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
and'cause the steel was black, the attitude exact
now the chase is on tellinand' you to cand'mon
53 brothers on the run, and we are gone
