Rage Against The Machine - Blacksteel: In The Hour Of Chaos Lyrics
I got a letter from the governmentThe other dayI opened and read itIt said they were suckersThey wanted me for their army or whateverPicture me given a damn - I said neverHere is a land that never gave a damnAbout a brother like me and myselfBecause they never didI wasnt wit it, but just that very minute...It occured to meThe suckers had authorityCold sweatin as I dwell in my cellHow long has it been?They got me sittin in the state penI gotta get out - but that thought was thought beforeI contemplated a plan on the cell floorIm not a fugitive on the runBut a brother like me begun - to be another onePublic enemy servin time - they drew the line yallTo criticize me some crime - never the lessThey could not understand that Im a black manAnd I could never be a veteranOn the strength, the situations unrealI got a raw deal, so Im goin for the steelThey got me rottin in the time that Im servinTellin you what happened the same time theyre throwin4 of us packed in a cell like slaves - oh wellThe same mother*****er got us livin is his hellYou have to realize - what its a form of slaveryOrganized under a swarm of devilsStraight up - wordem up on the levelThe reasons are several, most of them federalHere is my plan anyway and I sayI got gusto, but only some I can trust - yoSome do a bid from 1 to 10And I never did, and plus I never beenIm on a tier where no tears should ever fallCell block and locked - I never clock it yallcause time and time again timeThey got me servin to those and to themIm not a citizenBut ever when I catch a c-oSleepin on the job - my plan is on go-aheadOn the strength, ima tell you the dealI got nothin to losecause Im goin for the steelYou know I caught a c-oFallin asleep on death rowI grabbed his gun - then he did what I said soAnd everymans got servedAlong with the time they servedDecency was deservedTo understand my demandsI gave a warnin - I wanted the governor, yallAnd plus the warden to knowThat I was innocent -Because Im militantPosing a threat, you bet its *****in up the governmentMy plan said I had to get out and break northJust like with olivers neckI had to get off - my boys had the feds in checkThey couldnt do nuthinWe had a force to instigate a prison riotThis is what it takes for peaceSo I just took the pieceBlack for black inside time to cut the leashFreedom to get out - to the ghetto - no sell out6 c-os we got we ought to put their head outBut Ill give em a chance, cause Im civilizedAs for the rest of the world, they cant realizeA cell is hell - Im a rebel so I rebelBetween bars, got me thinkin like an animalGot a woman c-o to call me a copterShe tried to get away, and I popped herTwice, rightNow who wanna get nice?I had 6 c-os, now its 5 to goAnd Im serious - call me deliriousBut Im still a captiveI gotta rap thisTime to break as time grows intenseI got the steel in my right handNow Im lookin for the fenceI ventured into the courtyardFollowed by 52 brothersBruised, battered, and scarred but hardGoin out with a bangReady to bang outBut power from the skyAnd from the tower shots rang outA high number of dose - yesAnd some came closeFigure I trigger my steelStand and hold my postThis is what I mean - an anti-nigger machineIf I come out alive and then they wont - come cleanAnd then I threw up my steel bullets - flew upBlew up, who shot...What, who, the bazooka was whoAnd to my rescue, it was the s1wsSecured my getaway, so I just gotawayThe joint broke, from the black smokeThen they saw it was rougher thatn the average bluffercause the steel was black, the attitude exactNow the chase is on tellin you to cmon53 brothers on the run, and we are gone
