Nardo Ranks - Me No Like Rikers Island lyrics

Intro: Nardo Ranks Now this one is a special dedication, to all a di man inna Rikers Island Cocoa Tea and Nardo Rankin mon, now Cocoa Tea, come sing out!!!! Verse 1: Cocoa Tea Di first time di yute come a New York Dem tellin yute, dem must nuh skylark Learn a trade or go to school And don't you turn yourself inna fool Chorus: Cocoa Tea But now him gone a Rikers Island Him neva waan go a Rikers Island Verse 2: Nardo Ranks (Come come now!!!) Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Nuff man enter Rikers Island now for di first time Man a, look pon dem sneakers now and, seh dat a mine And a bwoy round a back and dem a watch yuh behind But if a bwoy try a ting yuh know him a go get blind And di, man dem mean rasta know dem nuh kind Mi talkin to di yute dem know dem nuh kind Go look a nine to five and everything will be fine Dat's why mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Yuh hear! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island (Come come now!!!) Chorus: Cocoa Tea Now him gone a Rikers Island Him neva waan go a Rikers Island But now him gone a Rikers Island Verse 3: Nardo Ranks And di first place yuh go a mi seh at di precint And likkle after dat yuh gone a central booking And a dat's all dem do all a di finger printin Interrogatting and di picture takin As yuh, go through gate yuh look off through di ceiling And right deh so now yuh get all di bad feeling Now yuh start to bawl and yuh start di crying And a likkle after dat yuh know a pure sufferinn (Come come now) Chorus: Cocoa Tea Now him gone a Rikers Island Him neva waan go a Rikers Island But now him gone a Rikers Island (Ummm hmmm, whoa!!!) (Nardo Ranks: Come come now!!!) Verse 4: Cocoa Tea Him use to chuck it from Brooklyn to Bronx And a gwaan like a big top ranks But now a foreign government response Chorus: Cocoa Tea Now him gone a Rikers Island Him neva waan go a Rikers Island Verse 5: Nardo Ranks Queens man dem deh a Rikers Island And di Brooklyn man dem deh a Rikers Island And di, Bronx man dem deh a Rikers Island And di, Manhattan man dem deh a Rikers Island Now won't yuh, listen mi good now and undastand Cau tell dem Mr.Nardo nah fight 'against no one But it's a mixed multitude deh inna Rikers Island Bo!!! Big up di yute dem inna Rikers Island And a C21 now yuh must undastand And di HDM man dem now come sing along Yuh have di Puerto Rican and di, Jamaican And di Barbajan and di Columbian But mi really nah fi get now di, American Dat's why mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Yuh hear! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island Come now! Mi mi mi nuh nuh like Rikers Island (Come come now!!!) Verse 6: Cocoa Tea Di first time di youth come a New York Dem use to tell dem yuh don't skylark Learn di trade or go to school And don't you make no one take you for fool But him gone a Rikers Island, yes him gone too Rikers Island Him use to chuck it from Brooklyn to Bronx And a gwaan like di most top ranks But now a foreign government response Yes him gone a Rikers Island