Black Steel lyrics

I got a letter from the government
The other day
I Opened and read it
It said they were suckers
They wanted me for the 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 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, now I`m lookin for the steel

(Tricky: Many switch in, switch on, switch off (x5))

Nevertheless they cannot understand
That I`m a black man, and I could never be a veteran.
On the strength of situations, I`m real.
I got a raw deal, so I`m lookin` for the steel
Lookin for the steel