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