24/10/2020
RICKER'S ISLAND
Woah momma, woah poppah
You should have seen your little son
Uh!
The first time the youth come a New York
Them tell him, "Youth, you mustn't skylark"
"learn a trade, or go to school"
"And dont you turn yourself inna fool
But now him gone a Rikers Island
Him never waan go a Riker's Island
Him used to walk and screw up him face But
now him spending nuff time up- state
They used to tell him, "Undersrand"
But now den find him with a M-1
Inna him pocket him have a million
So
Now him gone, a Riker's Island
Him never want go a Riker's Island
But now him gone a Riker's Island
Mmmmh! Oy!
Him used to chuck it from Brooklyn to Bronx
And a gwan like a big top Ranks
but nuff a him government response
Cause
No mamma I wish you were around
To see your youth how him going down
Him used to chuck it from town to town
Him used to shoot people all around
Uptown, downtown and all around
No, no, no, no, no... Mmmmh!
They used to tell him stop screw up him face
But now him spending time somewhere up-
state
Dem used to tell him to, "understand"
Inna him pocket dem find a million
And now dem find him with a M-1
But oh Sister, he wish you were around
To give him food, even change his gown
He used to roam it from town to town
But government have him under cell- bound
Yes him gone a Riker's Island
He never want go a Riker's Island
But now him gone a Riker's Island
He shouldnt mix up with di don man
And now him gone a Riker's Island
Mmmmmmh!
