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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 giving a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like myself because they never did
I wasn’t with it, but just that very minute
It occured 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 began 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 giving a damn, I said never
It occured 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 and read it, it said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me giving a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did
I wasn’t with it, but just that very minute
It occured 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
Nevertheless they cannot 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 lookin’ for the steel
Lookin’ 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 giving a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did
I wasn’t with it, but just that very minute
It occured 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 began to be another one
Public enemy servin’ time, they drew the line y’all
They criticize me for some crime
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 giving a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did
I wasn’t with it, but just that very minute
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 giving a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
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Analiza piosenki
Cover utworu Public Enemy z 1988 roku pod tytułem „Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos”. Piosenka jest mocno politycznym oświadczeniem wszystkich wykonujących ją artystów. Członkowie Public Enemy pochodzą ze Stanów Zjednoczonych i to do tego państwa odnosi się bezpośrednio tekst utworu. Mówią w nim, że pewnego dnia dostali list od rządu, w którym wzywa się ich do wstąpienia do armii. I tu zaczyna się cała historia.
Historia rasizmu i stereotypizacji, z którą przez całe lata mierzą się czarnoskórzy członkowie różnych narodów na świecie. Tricky, choć jest Anglikiem, spotykał się w swoim życiu z takimi samymi atakami jak chłopaki z Public Enemy. I to Tricky w swoim niepowtarzalnym stylu przerabia piosenkę nadając jej psychodeliczny wymiar. Tekst jest sprzeciwem wobec dyskryminacji. Wyśmiewa władze, polityków, którzy chcą zmusić ludzi do walki za kraj, który traktuje ich jako obywateli gorszej kategorii.
To ziemia, na której nikt nie troszczył się o takich jak my, mówią jednym głosem artyści. A teraz wymagają od nas przelewania krwi za tę ziemię. I za nich. Jednoznacznie odmawiają wstąpienia do armii i… kończą w więzieniu. Oto kolejny przykład tego, jak wielka demokracja troszczy się o swoich obywateli. Ale to niestety oni mają władzę. Ci, którzy nigdy nie poświęca się za nas, zwykłych ludzi. Za to wymagają ogromnych wyrzeczeń. Ale wiecie co? Mam to gdzieś – wybrzmiewają słowa buntowników.











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