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
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 steel
They got me rottin' in the time that I'm servin'
Tellin' you what happened the same time they're throwin'
Four 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 one to ten
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 see-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 everyman'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 nothin'
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 see-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 want to get nice?
I had six C-O's
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 fifty two 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 got away
The joint broke
from the black smoke
Then they saw it was rougher that 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
