歌曲名 Black Steel (Rough Monitor Mix) 歌手名 Tricky

作词：Carlton Ridenhour+Hank Shocklee+William Drayton

作曲：Hank Shocklee+William Drayton+Eric Sadler

I got a letter from the government

The other day

Opened it 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 myself

Because I 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 yall

They criticize me for some crime

I got a letter

I got a letter

I got a letter

Picture me given a damn

I said never

Mmm mmm mmm

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 got a letter from

the government

The other day

Opened it 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 I 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

I'm not a fugitive on the run

Many switch in

switch on switch off

Many switch in

switch on switch off

Many switch in

switch on switch off

Many switch in

switch on switch off

Many switch in

switch on switch off

Many switch in

switch on switch off

Nevertheless they

could not understand

That I'm a black man

and I could never be a veteran

On the strength of situations

I'm real

I got a raw deal

so I'm lookin for the steel

Looking for the steel

I got a letter from the government

The other day

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 though

was thought before

I contemplated a plan

on the cell floor

I'm not a fugitive on the run

I'm not

I'm not

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 yall

To criticize me for some crime

I got a letter from the government

The other day

Opened it 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 I never did

I wasn't wit it

but just that very minute

I got a letter

from the government

The other day

Opened it 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