Black Steel-Tricky

[00:20.24]I got a letter from the government the other day [00:23.08]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers [00:25.82]They wanted me for their army or whatever [00:28.53]Picture me giving a damn, I said never [00:31.51]Here is a land that never gave a damn [00:33.89]About a brother like myself because they never did [00:37.16]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute [00:39.59]It occured to me the suckers had authority [00:42.93]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been? [00:46.38]They got me sittin' in the state pen [00:48.40]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before [00:51.22]I contemplated a plan on the cell floor [00:53.99]I'm not a fugitive on the run [00:56.21]But a brother like me began to be another one [00:59.65]Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all [01:03.14]They criticize me for some crime [01:16.48]I got a letter [01:19.30]I got a letter [01:22.07]I got a letter [01:25.10]Picture me giving a damn, I said never [01:36.25]It occured to me the suckers had authority [01:39.49]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been? [01:43.13]They got me sittin' in the state pen [01:45.05]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before [01:50.80]I got a letter from the government the other day [01:53.37]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers [01:56.26]They wanted me for their army or whatever [01:58.93]Picture me giving a damn, I said never [02:01.99]Here is a land that never gave a damn [02:04.41]'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did [02:07.60]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute [02:10.16]It occured to me the suckers had authority [02:13.34]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been? [02:16.89]They got me sittin' in the state pen [02:18.91]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before [02:21.64]I contemplated a plan on the cell floor [02:24.41]I'm not a fugitive on the run [02:30.23]I'm not a fugitive on the run [02:41.52]Many switch in [02:42.38]Switch on, switch off [02:44.40]Many switch in [02:45.17]Switch on, switch off [02:49.92]Many switch in [02:50.82]Switch on, switch off [02:52.69]Many switch in [02:53.60]Switch on, switch off [02:55.47]Many switch in [02:56.58]Switch on, switch off [02:58.50]Nevertheless they cannot understand that I'm a black man [03:01.98]And I could never be a veteran [03:04.05]On the strength, the situation's unreal [03:06.53]I got a raw deal, so I'm lookin' for the steel [03:11.03]Lookin' for the steel [03:15.32]I got a letter from the government the other day [03:17.89]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers [03:20.86]They wanted me for their army or whatever [03:23.44]Picture me giving a damn, I said never [03:26.51]Here is a land that never gave a damn [03:28.89]'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did [03:31.82]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute [03:34.65]It occured to me the suckers had authority [03:37.92]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been? [03:41.36]They got me sittin' in the state pen [03:43.32]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before [03:46.15]I contemplated a plan on the cell floor [03:49.13]I'm not a fugitive on the run [03:52.01]I'm not [03:58.02]I'm not [04:01.10]I'm not a fugitive on the run [04:03.44]But a brother like me began to be another one [04:06.56]Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all [04:10.41]They criticize me for some crime [04:17.46]I got a letter from the government the other day [04:20.23]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers [04:23.06]They wanted me for their army or whatever [04:25.82]Picture me giving a damn, I said never [04:28.65]Here is a land that never gave a damn [04:30.98]'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did [04:34.41]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute [04:57.26]I got a letter from the government the other day [04:59.43]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers [05:02.31]They wanted me for their army or whatever [05:05.20]Picture me giving a damn, I said never [05:08.07]Here is a land that never gave a damn