Lyrical Breakdown of Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Bass for your face, London!

Everybody in the house, make some noise!

I want everybody in the house to say, "Ho!" (Ho!)

Yo Chuck, kick it to 'em, man!

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 have-

(Get in that cell, nigga)

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 (word!)

Public Enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all

They 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

(Ayo! Chuck are you serious? You in the justice man?)

Word 'em up

I'm looking for that steel

(Yo man, we gon' break you outta there, man)

(We ain't goin' out like that, man)

Don't you know they got me rotting in the time that I'm serving

Telling you what happened the same time they're throwing

Four of us packed in a cell like slaves, oh well

The same motherfucker got us living in his hell

You have to realize, what is 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 (yeah)

Here is my plan anyway, and I say

I got gusto, but only some I can trust, yo

Some do a bid from one to ten

But 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 serving to those, to them I'm not a citizen

But ever when I catch a C-O

Sleeping on the job, my plan is on go-ahead

On the strength, I'ma tell you the deal

I got nothing to lose

'Cause I'm going for the steel

(Ayo Chuck, we gon' break you outta there man)

(Word on the street G)

I'm going for the steel

(Wad up G, they tryin' to put black outta the gate)

(By keeping you in there, you know what I'm sayin'?)

(But you can't keep a good man down)

(Now they-, now they-, now they-, now they-, now they got me in a cell)

(Ayo Chuck, we got the-, y'all ain't gon' doubt me man!)

(Now they got me in a cell)

(Now they-, now they-, now they-, now they-) (ayo Chuck, they feelin' my boy Chuck)

(Now they got me in a cell)

(Now they-, now they-, now they-, now they-, now they got me in a cell) yeah

Don't you know I caught a C-O, fallin' asleep on death row

I grabbed his gun, then he did what I said so

And every man'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 (yeah)

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 try 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

Six C-O's we got we ought to put their head out (word)

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 six C.O's, now it's five 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

(Ayo! Chuck, we got the dope planned out, back G)

(Word to the street, man)

I'm lookin' for that fence

(Wadup, I got the 98 box G, plus that's good for the S1Ws)

(Yo Chuck, we comin' man)

As 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

I 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 bullet flew up

And to my surprise the water tower blew up

Who shot what, who, the bazooka was who

And to my rescue, it was the S1Ws (yeah)

Secured 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 tellin' you to c'mon

53 brothers on the run, and we are gone

(Yeah, clippy you know what I'm sayin' haha)

(That's right, we can do it and we gon' keep on doing it)

(Yo boy! That's right, we never let y'all stop the blood rush boy)

(You know what I'm saying? I don't care what you know, I don't care what you do)

(But we gonna go, so you better know, door on the floor, you know what I'm saying?)

(Ayo Chuck man!)

(Now they got me in a cell)

(Now they-, now they-, now they-, now they-, now they got me in a cell)

(Now they-, now they-, now they-, now they-, now they got me in a cell)

Death row, wha-what an abomina'

Death row, what an abomina'

Death row, what an abomina'

Death row, wha-what an abomina'