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 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 occurred 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 that
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
P u b l i c e n e m y s e r v i n ' t i m e
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 steel I'm lookin' for the steel
Don't you know
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 motherf**ker
got us livin' in his hell
Y o u h a v e t o r e a l i z e
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
C e l l b l o c k a n d l o c k e d
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 CO
S l e e p i n ' o n t h e j o b
my plan is on goahead
On the strength
I'ma tell you the deal
I got nothin' to lose
`Cause I'm goin'
for the steel I'm goin' for the steel
Don't you know
I caught a CO
Fallin' asleep
on death row
I g r a b b e d h i s g u n
then he did what
I said so
And everyman's got
served Along with
the time they served
Decency was deserved
To understand my demands
I g a v e a w a r n i n '
I wanted
the governor y'all
And plus the warden
to know
T h a t I w a s i n n o c e n t
Because I'm militant
Posing a threat
you bet it's f**kin' up
the government
My plan said I had to
get out and break north
Just like with Oliver's
n e c k I h a d t o g e t o f f
my boys had the feds in
check They couldn't try
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
t o t h e g h e t t o
no sell out 6 COs
we got we ought 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 c e l l i s h e l l
I'm a rebel so I rebel
Between bars got me
thinkin' like an animal
Got a woman CO
to call me a copter
She tried to get away
and I popped her
Twice right Now
who wanna get nice?
I had 6 COs
now it's 5 to go
A n d I ' m s e r i o u s
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'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
in dose yes
And some came close
Figure I trigger my steel
Stand and hold my post
T h i s i s w h a t I m e a n
an antinigger machine
If I come out alive
a n d t h e n t h e y w o n ' t
come clean
And then I threw up
m y s t e e l b u l l e t s
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
than 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
r u n a n d w e a r e g o n e
