Blacksteel: In The Hour Of Chaos - Rage Against The Machine

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