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