Got A Letter
Lyrics and Vocals by Emcee Lynx
Instrumental by Dub Cee
The Unamerican LP, 2004

I got a letter from the feds sayin I owe them money
And looking around me ya know that’s funny
Cuz what in the hell they ever done for me?
I’m workin’ 10-hour days at the factory
tryna feed my kids, and pay my rent
Comin home TV is just a circus tent
Something to distract me, make my mind numb
Sick and tired of my boss treatin’ me like I’m dumb
where’s my American dream? no Cadillac’s and cream
spend my whole life feeding their machine
Between the landlord and the IRS
losing ground in the game, they took my whole paycheck
working my ass off, tryna win a promotion
funny 'cuz I’m feelin' like a rat in motion
On a treadmill and I’m going nowhere
Tried talking to my union but the fuckers don’t care
It’s like the AFL tries to hold us down
Reading up on the New Deal, guess what I found?
Roosevelt gave the beaurocrats a chance to get fat
In return they gave him a peace contract
A promise not to strike or use militant tactics
Instead they depend on pointless theatrics
our water’s polluted schools messed up
no money for a lunch and our kids can’t keep up
with the rich kids livin’ on up the hill
politrix got no answers and we know the deal
all they want is the money, we got none to spare
so we can talk all we want but they really don’t care
I’m finna blow some shit up, I think I might go postal
Meanwhile my boss wants to know why I’m hostile
And if I told him the truth then he’d fire my ass
So I’m just sitting here watching my life move past
Outside my window , got no options
Feels like a prison, might as well be locked in
I gotta break these chains, stand like a man
talking to my wife and she understands
man fuck politrix, I’m tryna get free
my whole neighborhoods linin’ up next to me
so we organized a cop watch on our block
joined a real fighting union, to put a stop
to all the bullshit, backbiting nepotism
no time to waste on reform, so I form my vision
by talking to my neighbors, taking action
on a slippery slope but we’re gaining traction
fuck political parties and their endless factions
lifestyle activisms just a form of fashion!
strike like dockworkers in Liverpool
Shut the whole thing down, that’s our very best tool
Eliminate race, return stolen land
if a neighbor needs help then I lend a hand
Make the schools and the factories democracies
No more fat cats and hypocrisy
Makin' moves for my fam, aint no stopping me
‘till my kids have a future and my people are free