Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Riot in Cell Block # 9 , by - The Robins. Song from the album The Complete Singles As & BS 1954-62, in the genre R&B Release date: 09.10.2016 Record label: Acrobat Licensing Song language: English
Riot in Cell Block # 9
July the second, it was 1963
I was servin' time for armed robbery
Four o’clock in the mornin', I was layin' back in my cell
I heard the whistle blow then I heard somebody yell
There’s a riot goin' on
There’s a riot goin' on
There’s a riot goin' on
Down in cell block # 9
The riot started down in cell block # 4
Spread like wild fire across the prison floor
Scarface Jones said, «It's too late to quit
Pass the dynamite 'cause the fuse is lit»
There’s a riot goin' on
There’s a riot goin' on
There’s a riot goin' on
Down in cell block # 9
Y’all gotta stop that stuff goin' on over there
If ya don’t stop that riot, y’all gonna get the chair