Tricky, Martina Topley-Bird - Black Steel(1995)

[00:20.14] I got a letter from the government the other day
[00:22.90] Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
[00:25.90] They wanted me for their army or whatever
[00:28.21] Picture me givin' a damn, I said, never
[00:31.42] Here is a land that never gave a damn
[00:33.73] About a brother like myself because I never did
[00:37.09] I wasn't with it but just that very minute
[00:39.58] It occurred to me, the suckers had authority
[00:42.87] Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
[00:45.05] How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen
[00:48.30] I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before
[00:51.03] I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
[00:53.94] I'm not a fugitive on the run
[00:56.16] But a brother like me, began to be another one
[00:59.79] Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
[01:03.38] They criticize me for some crime
[01:05.14]
[01:16.40] I got a letter
[01:19.39] I got a letter
[01:22.26] I got a letter
[01:24.74] Picture me givin' a damn, I said, never
[01:28.39] Mmm, mmm, mmm
[01:35.99] It occurred to me, the suckers had authority
[01:39.33] Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
[01:41.70] How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen
[01:44.96] I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before
[01:50.39] I got a letter from the government the other day
[01:53.07] Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
[01:56.09] They wanted me for their army or whatever
[01:58.74] Picture me givin' a damn, I said, never
[02:01.70] Here is a land that never gave a damn
[02:04.01] 'Bout a brother like me and myself, because I never did
[02:07.59] I wasn't with it but just that very minute
[02:09.81] It occurred to me the suckers had authority
[02:13.13] Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
[02:15.40] How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen
[02:18.83] I gotta get out but that thought was thought before
[02:21.65] I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
[02:24.90] I'm not a fugitive on the run
[02:30.42] I'm not a fugitive on the run
[02:33.27]
[02:41.02] Many switch in, switch on, switch off
[02:43.76] Many switch in, switch on, switch off
[02:49.42] Many switch in, switch on, switch off
[02:52.06] Many switch in, switch on, switch off
[02:55.00] Many switch in, switch on, switch off
[02:57.89] Nevertheless they cannot understand that
[03:00.55] I'm a black man and I could never be a veteran
[03:04.08] On the strength, the situation's unreal
[03:05.89] I got a raw deal, so I'm lookin' for the steel
[03:10.55] Lookin' for the steel
[03:15.14] I got a letter from the government the other day
[03:17.94] Opened and read it, it said they were suckers
[03:20.74] They wanted me for their army or whatever
[03:23.54] Picture me givin' a damn, I said, never
[03:26.48] Here is a land that never gave a damn
[03:28.74] 'Bout a brother like me and myself, because I never did
[03:31.91] I wasn't with it, but just that very minute
[03:34.57] It occurred to me the suckers had authority
[03:38.02] Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
[03:40.02] How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen
[03:43.54] I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before
[03:46.26] I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
[03:49.37] I'm not a fugitive on the run, I'm not
[03:57.89] I'm not
[04:00.98] I'm not a fugitive on the run
[04:03.42] But a brother like me, began to be another one
[04:06.52] Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
[04:09.58] They'll criticize me for some crime
[04:17.28] I got a letter from the government the other day
[04:20.20] Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
[04:23.00] They wanted me for their army or whatever
[04:25.57] Picture me givin' a damn, I said, never
[04:28.63] Here is a land that never gave a damn
[04:30.86] 'Bout a brother like me and myself, because I never did
[04:34.32] I wasn't with it, but just that very minute
[04:37.55] Mmm, mmm, mmm
[04:39.30]
[04:56.95] I got a letter from the government the other day
[05:00.08] Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
[05:02.57] They wanted me for their army or whatever
[05:05.07] Picture me givin' a damn, I said, never
[05:08.08] Here is a land that never gave a damn
[05:10.57]