Artist: Rage Against The Machine

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Blacksteel: In the Hour Of Chaos

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

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. Ashes In The Fall
2. Autologic
3. Beautiful World
4. Blacksteel: In the Hour Of Chaos
5. Bombtrack
6. Born As Ghosts
7. Born of a Broken Man
8. Bullet In The Head
9. Bullet in your head
10. Bulls On Parade
11. C.I.A. (Criminals in Action)
12. Calm Like A Bomb
13. Clear The Lane
14. Darkness
15. Darkness (of Greed)
16. Down On The Street
17. Down rodeo
18. Fistful Of Steel
19. Freedom
20. Fuck tha Police
21. Fuck The Police
22. Guerilla Radio
23. Hadda Be Playing On The Jukebox
24. Hey
25. How I Could Just Kill A Man
26. I’m Housin
27. In My Eyes
28. Kick Out The Jams
29. Killing In The Name
30. Know Your Enemy
31. Maria
32. Memory Of The Dead
33. Mic Check
34. Microphone Fiend
35. New Millenium Homes
36. No Shelter
37. People Of The Sun
38. Pistol Grip Pump
39. Renegades Of Funk
40. Revolver
41. Roll Right
42. Settle For Nothing
43. Sleep Now in the Fire
44. Snakecharmer
45. Take The Power Back
46. Testify
47. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
48. Tire Me
49. Township Rebellion
50. Vietnow
51. Voice of the Voiceless
52. Wake Up
53. War Within a Breath
54. Wind Below
55. Without A Face
56. Year Of Tha Boomerang
57. Zapata’s Blood