I got a letter from the government
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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'all
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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' is his hell
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You have to realize - what its 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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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 out
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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 |
