Rikers Island-Cocoa Tea

[ti:Rikers Island] [ar:Cocoa Tea] [al:Rikers Island] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rikers Island - Cocoa Tea [00:03.96]Woah momma woah pappa [00:08.31] [00:09.25]You should have seen your little son [00:11.15] [00:13.43]The first time the youth come a New York [00:15.64] [00:16.23]Them tellin' you you must'nt skylark [00:18.50] [00:19.08]Learn a trade or go to school [00:21.89]And don't you turn yourself in a fool [00:24.19] [00:24.73]But now him gone a Riker's Island [00:27.50]He never want go a Riker's Island [00:29.82] [00:30.39]Him used to walk and screw up him face [00:33.18]But now him spending 'nuff time up-state [00:35.46] [00:36.04]Dey used to tell 'im understand [00:38.85]But now dem find him with a M-1 [00:41.04] [00:41.71]Inna I'm pocket him have a million [00:43.81]So now him gone a Riker's Island [00:46.82] [00:47.37]He never want go a Riker's Island [00:49.50] [00:50.14]But now him gone a Riker's Island [00:52.54]Mmmm oy [00:54.50] [00:55.84]Him used to chuck it from Brooklyn to Bronx [00:58.10] [00:58.74]And a gwarn like a big top Ranks [01:00.86] [01:01.43]But 'nuff a him government response [01:03.80] [01:04.45]'Cause him gone a Riker's Island [01:06.64] [01:07.15]He never want go a Riker's Island [01:09.36] [01:09.93]Now him gone a Riker's Island [01:12.74]He never want go a Riker's Island [01:15.06] [01:15.58]No mamma I wish you were around [01:18.44]To see your youth how him going down [01:21.27]Him used to chuck it from town to town [01:24.04]Him used to shot people all around [01:26.63]Uptown and downtown and all around [01:29.00]So now him gone a Riker's Island [01:32.01] [01:32.57]He never want go a Riker's Island [01:35.36]Now him gone a Riker's Island [01:37.67] [01:38.20]He never want go a Riker's Island Oh no [01:41.59] [01:42.50]He never want go dere no [01:44.19] [01:45.62]No no no no mmmm [01:49.21] [01:52.39]Dey used to tell him stop screw up him face [01:54.59] [01:55.14]But now I'm spending time somewhere up-state [01:57.39] [01:57.95]Dem used to tell I'm to understand [02:00.20] [02:00.80]Inna him pocket dem find a million [02:03.13] [02:03.65]And now dem find him with a M-1 [02:05.69]So now him gone a Riker's Island [02:09.32]He never want go a Riker's Island [02:12.13]And now him gone a Riker's Island [02:14.93]He never want reach a Riker's Island [02:17.21] [02:17.73]But oh sister he wish you were around [02:20.10] [02:20.63]To give him food even change his gown [02:23.40]He used to roam it from town to town [02:26.22]But government have him under cell-bound [02:28.57]'Cause now him gone a Riker's Island [02:31.91]He never want go a Riker's Island [02:34.20] [02:34.75]But now him gone a Riker's Island [02:37.56]He never want go a Riker's Island [02:39.84] [02:40.42]The first time deh youth come a New York [02:43.13]Dem used to tell him youth don't skylark [02:45.43] [02:46.05]Learn a trade or go to school [02:48.83]And don't you make no one take you for fool [02:51.70]But now him gone a Riker's Island [02:53.79] [02:54.50]Yes him gone a Riker's Island [02:56.75] [02:57.35]Dem used to chuck it from Brooklyn to Bronx [02:59.61] [03:00.16]And a gwarn like deh most top Ranks [03:02.39] [03:03.00]But 'nuff a him government response [03:04.88]'Ca yes him gone a Riker's Island [03:08.05] [03:08.66]He never want go a Riker's Island [03:10.89] [03:11.49]But now him gone a Riker's Island [03:13.69] [03:14.26]He shouldn't mix up with deh don man [03:16.61] [03:17.14]And now him gone a Riker's Island [03:19.59]Mmmmmmm