[Verse 1: Derrick Green]
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
On the strength, the situation's surreal
I got a raw deal, so I'm goin' for the steel
I'm looking for that steel
[Verse 2: Sabotage]
Ei, tio, não sei colé que é
Quem quer ser bambambam paga de ponta de boné
Ansiedade das raças, dia baile [?] do tio Naza
É gente [?] sofrida, acompanhada, servida sem nada
Nos morros, no conto dos doidos, sou louco
Não acho pouco, cabelo espetado é eu de novo
Sou da favela, dos becos, dos morros
Toda favela as cores nesse bairro é que me [?]
E não se cala, alguns têm raiva, se acaba
Sabotage é levada em trilha sonora e nunca para
O tio só sabe, não propino pra canalha
O tio D voltou - wo-ho! - espraiada
O rei de rame e serei, na letra pra bem da lei
O caçador de burguês, sou Dick Tracy também
Os vigaristas cacei, respeitei
Não sou pá, não sou rei, sou do bem
Totalmente do bem, do bem, do bem, do bem
[Verse 3: Sabotage]
Sei
Levada segura, um bom filho da puta anda assim, nunca muda
Isso é Sepultura, Sabotage, é entertainment mostrando as ruas
Brigas, intrigas entre meus irmãos de raça
Não basta, só escancara as entranhas que falha
[?], tapa na cara não falha
Ban' de canalha, [?] e acha quem deu falha
É tipo veja o critério que muda sempre que [?]
[?] os olhos civis, nem sempre sorri
[Verse 4: Derrick Green]
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
Cell block and locked, I never clock it you all
'Cause time and time again time they got me servin'
On the strength, the situation's surreal
I got a raw deal, so I'm goin' for the steel
I'm looking for that steel
[Outro: scratches]
They got me in a cell
They got me in a cell
They got me in a cell
They got me in a cell
(Death row)
What a brother know
(Death row)
What a brother know, know, know
(Death row)
What a brother know
(Death row)
What a brother know, know, know, know
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was written by Sabotage & Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee & Flavor Flav.
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was produced by Steve Evetts.
Sepultura released Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos on Tue Mar 04 2003.