Wanted: Dead or Alive
Riker's Island
Kool G Rap
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[Verse 2: Kool G. Rap]
C-74, adolescents at war
Put your ear to the floor, you can hear the roar
They take you out of BC, they now found you a cage
All eyes are glued to you like you're up on stage
If you're soft as a leaf, don't get into✦ a beef
And God be with you chief if you got gold teeth
Some try to be hard, front and say I'm God
Don't know a lesson say a blessin, you're gonna get scarred
(Yo call the C.O.) That won't be necessary✦
He'll watch him beat you down, and take your commissary✦
Inside✦ the lunchroom, you meet your doom
Someone is lookin'✦ at you, sharpenin' a tablespoon
Use your hands like a man, don't go out like a chump
Never 'fess, bench press so that you can be pumped✦
If you don't got a game, you get beaten✦ and slain
And scared✦ as a mouse in a house of pain
So to all the jailbirds that listen✦ to hip-hop
Move your pelvis✦ like Elvis✦ do the Jailhouse Rock
You might be coolin,✦ you might be stylin✦
But you won't be smilin✦ on Riker's✦ ISLAND✦
[Verse 3: Kool G. Rap]
If you're on a drug tip, don't be a Dumbo✦
Police✦ investigate like Columbo if they think you're sellin✦ jumbo✦
But don't get me wrong, it might be your thing
Whether smilin✦ on the Island,✦ or singin✦ in Sing-Sing
The way you're takin✦ pictures and you're givin✦ a smile
Cheerin, the privilege for a long long while
So keep your money✦ pilin,✦ keep profilin
Cause ahh, you won't be smilin✦ on Riker's✦ Island✦
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