Martina :   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 y'all   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      Tricky :   Many switch in, switch on, switch off X5      Martina :   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 thought 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 y'all   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...      Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm   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