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 I'm 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 I'm spending time somewhere up-state
Dem used to tell I'm 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
