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