Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Rage Against The Machine
Hey, check this out, right about now
I wanna introduce a brotha who came all the way outta here from Long Island, New York
And he's one of the fathers of revolutionary music in our time period
He was a huge influence on us and we wanna bring him out right now
So check it out, we got a man by the name of Chuck D, from Public Enemy, yeah
Wassup, wassup
Yo
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 givin' 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 occurred 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 for some crime, nevertheless
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
Yeah