The Real Deal

This is Maxwell Melvins, aka 66064<br>VP of the Lifers Group, help keeping our membership low<br>Now we`re gonna give you the real deal<br><br>I wake up every morning in the face of a cop<br>Because I used to take the nine and go ( *3 shots* )<br>So now I`m in prison and yo, it`s like apartheid<br>Modernized slavery, straight to the genocide<br>Cause see, some punk locked up to get beat down<br>Raped down, till his booty is broke down<br>Without a sound, the way he was found<br>Was in a night gown and his booty was bloody bound<br>Mortified, of AIDS he died<br>I seen a brother do a suicide because his mother died<br>Lost all his pride, and couldn`t run and hide<br>To be horrified, can you even visualize<br>Locked and stocked, no boots to knock<br>With every female cop cold sweatin my jock<br>But as soon as you push up, they put you in lock-up<br>It`s like a set-up, and jimmy is fed up<br><br>This is the real deal<br><br>Since `75 or 1990<br>Lifers Group`s always been behind me<br>Doin this time is hard on my mind<br>I`m cryin wasted tears for doin these years<br>So man in the blue, what must I do?<br>Put me behind the bars for breakin two laws<br>When I came to prison, I was scared as hell<br>A brother came to me, said I looked very swell<br>He said I remind him of a fag he sold<br>For a pack of cigarettes and a Tootsie Roll<br>My heart was poundin, my blood was cold<br>But bein a fag wasn`t in my soul<br>I dropped my lock in a sock<br>Beat the fucker down the cell block<br>Five C.O.s to me to the hole<br>One said, "Knowledge born (we`re in control)"<br><br>It`s the real deal, sucker<br><br>(Now they got me in a cell) --> Chuck D<br>(Go to Rahway Prison)<br>(Five-o said, "Freeze!") --> Chuck D<br><br>Bein incarcerated isn`t no joke<br>The strong survive and the weak get broke<br>Just like a bone if they can`t hold their own<br>And stand strong, they won`t last long<br>In jail because a cell is hell<br>The system smells and the food tastes stale<br>So don`t be dumb and come, muthafuck crime<br>Cause once you cross that line, you`re gonna do some time<br>Until they give you a date<br>But till then, you belong to the state<br><br>Countin the days<br>Many ways that my mind has phased<br>I`s just a haze of black, to be exact<br>It`s hard to keep track<br>Life and death go together forever and ever<br>I got a letter of refuse<br>Parole board said I ain`t paid my dues<br>I got the blues<br>Still, this is the real deal<br><br>Oof, ( ? ) spoke on the truth<br>A nap in the penitentiary, for half a century<br>Look through the bars, see the muscles in big shirts<br>Give you a week, and you be wearin a wig, jerk<br>Thought he was funny, well, chuckle while your knees buckle<br>Suddenly the woman inside of you unfolds<br>Hmm, somebody played with your butt hole<br>Queer of the year, give them gear, you hear<br>Plus some new shoes, cause brother, it`s bad news<br>If you try to play rough, dude<br>And watch him fess y`all<br>When he step in the mess hall<br>Grab a seat to eat, oops you got beat<br>Cause it`s a hard life without no sharp knife<br>You gotta have might to fight just to live your life<br>Wanna relax, but they say, "Nah, gee"<br>Cause on your spare time you`ll be doin laundry<br><br>Cause this is the real deal<br><br>(Now they got me in a cell) --> Chuck D<br>(Go to Rahway Prison)<br>(Five-o said, "Freeze!") --> Chuck D<br><br>(We ain`t no muthafuckas to be proud of<br>we have sold the fuck out)<br><br>Six in the morning, all I hear is a bell<br>I thought it was a dream, but no, I`m in jail<br>Committed a crime and boy, did I fail<br>21-7 they got me locked in a cell<br>Prisoner, convict, I will destroy ya<br>Notorious bank robber, I`m comin for ya<br>The bad, the evil, and I will deceive ya<br>Inside a penitentiary there is no one equal<br>No wrong, no right, and I will kill with a knife<br>You wanna come to prison boy, I might take your life<br>You`re just a vice in my style, so ya better think twice<br>Cause I`m annoyed, irritated, and I`m here for a fight<br>Everytime I walk around I see another brother with life<br>You`re just a dumb little idiot and can`t see the light<br>So keep out the system, stay a man and be free<br>If not, young brother, you come here with me<br><br>It`s the real deal<br><br>(Now they got me in a cell) --> Chuck D<br>(Go to Rahway Prison)<br>(Five-o said, "Freeze!") --> Chuck D<br><br>I got banged up, stitched up, shut up, word up<br>I`m fed up, I`m doin time in lock-up<br>In the hole, handcuffed to a toilet bowl<br>I took a fall by the wall, indeed I had to crawl<br>And when I got up, I tried to make collect calls<br>To the crib, cause I`m doin a bid<br>But I wanna leave a message to all the young kids<br>Black out, I`m strapped, and I don`t smoke crack<br>Dopefiends, Dr. King had a dream<br>That we would grow up and work together as a team<br>Crooks, lock em up by the book<br>I`m not buggin and muggin, sellin drugs is forbidden<br>Young dumb punks, don`t come to Rahway Prison<br>Cause the drugs is the enemy, believe me, I`m talkin<br>Jail is hell and a cell is a coffin<br>Made of steel<br>This is the real deal<br><br>(That`s how it is in here, man)