Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos Chords by Public Enemy

A ballad behind bars, or you could say real rock from the rock.
An unusual musical happening in a most unusual place.
The state prison has_ Let's go!
I [Bb] 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.
Bitch, show me giving 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 with it, but just that very minute it occurred [Fm] to me the suckers had authority.
Cold [F] sweatin' as I dwell in my cell.
How long has it been?
[Bb] They got me sittin' in a state pen.
I gotta get out, but that thought was thwarted before.
I contemplated a plan on the cell floor.
I'm not a fugitive on the run, but a brother like me's begun to be another one.
Those enemies serve in time.
They drew the line, y'all, to criticize me some time.
Nevertheless, they could not understand that I'm a black man and I can never be a veteran.
All of this murder situation's unreal.
I got a raw deal.
So I'm looking for the steal.
Yo, Chuck, we gonna [F] break you out of here, man.
We're in this company.
I'm going for that steal.
Shut up, T.
This is all for the black guy that gave my kid a picture and they know me, but they can't keep a black man down.
Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it.
Now, they got me in a… _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bbm] Don't ya know I caught a CO all in the sleep or death [F] row?
I grabbed his [Bb] gun and he did what I said so.
And every man's demand got served Along with the time they served, decency was
deserved To understand my demands, I gave a warning
I wanted to governor y'all It's up to Warden to know that I was innocent
Because I'm [F] militant, posing a threat [Fm] You better support my [F] government
My plan said I had to get out and break North Just like [Bb] Oliver's neck, I had to get off
My [F] boys had their beds in check, they couldn't try
Up there we had [Bb] to force to instigate a prison riot
This is what it takes for peace, so I just took a piece
Black for black, it's my time to cut the leash Freedom to get out through the ghetto, no
sellouts Six COs we got, we oughta put their head
out But I'll give [F] them a chance, cause I'm civilized
As for rest [Bb] of the world, they can't realize a cell is hell
I'm a rebel so I [F] rebel, between [Bb] bars got me thinking like an animal
Got a woman [F] CO to call me a copter She tried to get [Bbm] away, and I popped her twice
Right, [F] never wanna get nice I had six COs and now it's five to go
And I'm furious, call me delirious But I feel a captive
I gotta wrap this time to break As time grows to ten
[Bb] I got my seal in my right hand Now I'm looking for the fence
Yo [F] Chunk, we got the dope plan in effect G-word to the Smiths, man
I'm looking for that fence Word, I got the 98 Y-C, Professor Griffin S-1
Yo Chunk, we coming, man
As I bench it into the courtyard
Mullaby, 52, Brothers [Bb] Bruce, rather than scarred but hard
Going out with a bang, ready to bang out The power from the sky, from the tower, shots rang out
A high number, [F] it dose, yes, and something tells a figure
I trigger my skill, stand [Fm] and hold my post This is [F] what I mean, an anti-nigga machine
If I come out alive, then they won't come clean
Then I threw up, my steel bullets blew up Into my surprise, the wall and [Bb] tower blew up
Who shot, what, who, what, the bazooka was who?
Into my rescue, it was the S-1Ws to kill my getaway
So I just got away, the joint broke from the black smoke
Then they saw it was rougher than the average bluffer
Cause the steel was black, the attitude exact
Now the chase is on, telling you to come on
53, brothers on the run, [Ab] and we are gone
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