Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos 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