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 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, 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´
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 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 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