所属专辑:Rikers Island
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Me No Like Rikers Island - Cocoa Tea[00:00:00]
Now dis one is a special dedication[00:00:02]
To all deh man dem inna riker's island[00:00:04]
Cocoa tea and nardo rankin mon[00:00:07]
Now cocoa tea come sing out[00:00:09]
The first time the youth come a new york[00:00:13]
Them tell the youth you must'nt skylark[00:00:15]
Learn a trade or go to school[00:00:18]
And don't you turn yourself in a fool[00:00:21]
Well now him gone a riker's island[00:00:24]
He never wan go a riker's island[00:00:27]
Co co come now[00:00:29]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:00:29]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:00:32]
Me me me no no like riker's island[00:00:35]
Nuff mon been to riker's island know for deh first time[00:00:37]
Look pon dem snickers an a seh dat a mine[00:00:41]
And a bwoy round and back and him a watch you behind[00:00:43]
But if a bwoy try a thing you know him a gone get blind[00:00:46]
An deh mon deh mean rasta know dem no kind[00:00:49]
Me talkin to deh youth know a pon deh front line[00:00:52]
But workin nine to five an everyting will be fine[00:00:55]
That's right[00:00:57]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:00:58]
Me me me no no like riker's island yuh hear[00:01:00]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:01:03]
Me me me no no like riker's island co co come now[00:01:06]
Now him gone a riker's island[00:01:09]
He never want go a riker's island[00:01:12]
And now him gone a riker's island[00:01:15]
The first place you go a me seh a deh precinct[00:01:17]
And little after dat you gone a central booking[00:01:20]
An a deh so dem do all o deh fingerprinting[00:01:23]
Interrogatin an deh picture taking[00:01:26]
As you go through deh gate you look up in deh ceiling[00:01:28]
An a right deh so you get all of deh bad feeling[00:01:31]
And you start to ball and you start deh cryin[00:01:34]
And a lickle after dat you know a pure suffering[00:01:37]
That's right[00:01:39]
Now him gone a riker's island[00:01:40]
He never want go a riker's island[00:01:43]
Now him gone a riker's island[00:01:46]
Mmmm oy[00:01:49]
Come now[00:01:51]
Dem used to chuck it from brooklyn to bronx[00:01:52]
And a gwarn like a big top ranks[00:01:55]
But nuff a him government response[00:01:57]
Cause him gone a riker's island[00:02:00]
He never want go a riker's island[00:02:03]
Co co come now[00:02:05]
Queen's mon dem inna riker's island[00:02:06]
An deh brooklyn mon dem inna riker's island[00:02:08]
An deh bronx mon dem inna riker's island[00:02:11]
An deh manhattan mon dem inna riker's island[00:02:14]
Now want you listen me good know and an understand[00:02:16]
Ca tell dem mr nardo na fight gainst no one[00:02:19]
But is a mix multitude dey in a riker's island doa[00:02:22]
Beca deh youth dem in a cell block one[00:02:25]
And inna c21 know you must understand[00:02:27]
And dey h d m mon dem now come sing along[00:02:31]
You have deh puertorican an deh jamaican[00:02:33]
And deh barbajan and deh columbian[00:02:36]
But we really never fi'get all deh american[00:02:39]
That's right[00:02:42]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:02:42]
Me me me no no like riker's island yuh hear[00:02:45]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:02:48]
Me me me no no like riker's island co co come now[00:02:51]
The first time deh youth come a new york[00:02:54]
Dem used to tell him you don't skylark[00:02:57]
Learn a trade or go to school[00:02:59]
And don't you make no one take you for fool[00:03:02]
But now him gone a riker's island[00:03:05]
Yes him gone a riker's island[00:03:08]
Dey used to chuck it from brooklyn to bronx[00:03:11]
And a gwarn like dem most top ranks[00:03:14]
But nuff a him government response[00:03:16]
Yes him gone a riker's island[00:03:19]
Come now[00:03:22]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:03:22]
Me me me no no like riker's island yuh hear[00:03:25]
Me me me no no like riker's island come now[00:03:27]
Me me me no no like riker's island[00:03:30]
Me seh the first place you go a me seh a deh precinct[00:03:33]
An little after dat you gonna central booking[00:03:36]
An a deh so dem do all deh fingerprinting[00:03:39]
Deh interogating and deh picture taking[00:03:42]
As you go through the gate you look up at in deh ceiling[00:03:44]
And a right away you get all of deh bad feeling[00:03:47]
And a so you really know say your life is flashing[00:03:50]
A so me know seh your sentence begin[00:03:53]
All a de youth dem now keep listening[00:03:55]