![Rikers Island - Cocoa Tea](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284751492413925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 21.04.2010
Record label: Greensleeves
Song language: English
Rikers Island |
Woah momma, woah pappa, |
You should have seen your little son. |
The first time the youth, come a New York, |
Them tellin' you, you must’nt skylark, |
Learn a trade or go to school, |
And don’t you turn yourself in a fool. |
But now him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
Him used to walk and screw up him face, |
But now him spending 'nuff time up-state. |
Dey used to tell 'im, understand, |
But now dem find him with a M-1. |
Inna 'im pocket, him have a million, |
So, now him gone, a Riker’s Island. |
He never want go a Riker’s Island, |
But now him gone a Riker’s Island. |
Mmmm, oy. |
Him used to chuck it, from Brooklyn to Bronx, |
And a gwarn like a big top Ranks, |
But 'nuff a him government response. |
'Cause him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
Now him gone a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
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 shot people, all around, |
Uptown, and downtown, and all around. |
So, now him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
Now him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island, Oh no, |
He never want go dere, no. |
No, no, no, no… mmmm. |
Dey used to tell him stop screw up him face, |
But now 'im spending time somewhere up-state. |
Dem used to tell 'im to understand, |
Inna him pocket, dem find a million, |
And now dem find him with a M-1. |
So, now him gone, a Riker’s Island. |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
And now him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
He never want reach a Riker’s Island. |
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. |
'Cause, now him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
But now him gone a Riker’s Island, |
He never want go a Riker’s Island. |
The first time deh youth come a New York, |
Dem used to tell him youth don’t skylark, |
Learn a trade or go to school, |
And don’t you make no one take you for fool. |
But now him gone, a Riker’s Island, |
Yes him gone, a Riker’s Island. |
Dem used to chuck it from Brooklyn to Bronx, |
And a gwarn like deh most top Ranks, |
But 'nuff a him government response, |
'Ca, yes him gone a Riker’s Island. |
He never want go a Riker’s Island, |
But now him gone a Riker’s Island. |
He shouldn’t mix up with deh don man, |
And now him gone a Riker’s Island, |
Mmmmmmm… |
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