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I got a letter from the government the other day |
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I opened and read it |
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It said they were suckers |
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They wanted me for their army or whatever |
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Picture me given’ a damn I said never |
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Here is a land that never gave a damn |
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About a brother like me and myself |
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Because they never did |
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I wasn’t wit’ it but just that very minute… |
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It occured to me |
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The suckers had authority |
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Cold sweatin’ as I dwell in my cell |
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How long has it been? |
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They got me sittin’ in the state pen |
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I gotta get out – but that thought was thought before |
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I contemplated a plan on the cell floor |
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I’m not a fugitive on the run |
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But a brother like me begun – to be another one |
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Public enemy servin’ time – they drew the line y’allPublic enemy |
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To criticize me some crime – never the less |
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They could not understand that I’m a Black man |
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And I could never be a veteran |
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On the strength, the situation’s unreal |
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I got a raw deal, so I’m goin’ for the steel |
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They got me rottin’ in the time that I’m servin’ |
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Tellin’ you what happened the same time they’re throwin’ |
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4 of us packed in a cell like slaves – oh well |
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The same motherfucker got us livin’ in his hell |
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You have to realize – what is a form of slavery |
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Organized under a swarm of devils |
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Straight up – word’em up on the level |
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The reasons are several, most of them federal |
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Here is my plan anyway and I say |
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I got gusto, but only some I can trust – yo |
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Some do a bid from 1 to 10 |
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And I never did, and plus I never been |
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I’m on a tier where no tears should ever fall |
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Cell block and locked – I never clock it y’all |
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‘Cause time and time again time |
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They got me servin’ to those and to them |
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I’m not a citizen |
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But ever when I catch a C-O |
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Sleepin’ on the job – my plan is on go-ahead |
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On the strength, I’ma tell you the deal |
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I got nothin’ to lose |
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‘Cause I’m goin’ for the steel |
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Dont you know I caught a C-O |
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Fallin’ asleep on death row |
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I grabbed his gun – then he did what I said so |
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And everyman’s got served |
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Along with the time they served |
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Decency was deserved |
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To understand my demands |
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I gave a warnin’ – I wanted the governor, y’all |
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And plus the warden to know |
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That I was innocent |
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Because I’m militant |
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Posing a threat, you bet it’s fuckin’ up the government |
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My plan said I had to get out and break north |
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Just like with Oliver’s neck |
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I had to get off – my boys had the feds in check |
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They couldn’t do nuthin’ |
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We had a force to instigate a prison riot |
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This is what it takes for peace |
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So I just took the piece |
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Black for Black inside time to cut the leash |
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Freedom to get out – to the ghetto – no sell out |
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6 C-Os we got we ought to put their head out6 |
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But I’ll give ’em a chance, cause I’m civilized |
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As for the rest of the world, they can’t realize |
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A cell is hell – I’m a rebel so I rebel |
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Between bars, got me thinkin’ like an animal |
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Got a woman C-O to call me a copter |
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She tried to get away, and I popped her |
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Twice, right |
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Now who wanna get nice? |
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I had 6 C-Os, now it’s 5 to go |
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And I’m serious – call me delirious |
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But I’m still a captive |
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I gotta rap this |
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Time to break as time grows intense |
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I got the steel in my right hand |
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Now I’m lookin’ for the fence |
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I ventured into the courtyard |
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Followed by 52 brothers |
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Bruised, battered, and scarred but hard |
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Goin’ out with a bang |
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Ready to bang out |
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But power from the sky |
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And from the tower shots rang out |
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A high number of dose – yes |
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And some came close |
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Figure I trigger my steel |
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Stand and hold my post |
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This is what I mean – an anti-nigger machine |
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If I come out alive and then they won’t – come clean |
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And then I threw up my steel bullets – flew up |
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Blew up, who shot… |
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What, who, the bazooka was who |
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And to my rescue, it was the S1W |
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Secured my getaway, so I just got away |
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The joint broke, from the black smoke |
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Then they saw it was rougher than the average bluffer |
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Cause the steel was black, the attitude exact |
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Now the chase is on tellin’ you to c’mon |
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53 brothers on the run, and we are gone? |
