Rikers Island (Explicit) - Raphael Saadiq

Lyrics by：Raphael Saadiq

Composed by：Raphael Saadiq

Produced by：Raphael Saadiq/Brook D'Leau/Kevin Wooten

Way too many

I said there's way too many

On rikers island

And you may not be in rikers island

You may be in rikers island in your own mind

Nevertheless you gotta unleash yourself

Everybody everybody

Too many

Too many niggas in rikers island yeah

Why must it be

I said that there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island set 'em free

Set 'em free you know that there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island

Why must it be

Why must it be

Too many locked up today

Too many niggas in rikers island

Set 'em free

Set 'em free

The judge sits in the high chair

While the family sits and prays

Hoping judge and jury

That all 12 will vote their way

The boy is shaking inside

He says it's something he didn't do

He's afraid to take that long ride

Down rikers avenue

Too many

Too many niggas in rikers island

Why must it be

Why must it be

I said that there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island

Let 'em sing

Set 'em free

Month to month to month they're growin'

And it only multiplies

Some of them for no reason

Some will be there 'til they die

Children home with no fathers

And they don't even know why

Mother can't explain it

The family visits that's all were seeing

I know there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island

Way too long

Why must it be

I know there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island we need to heal

Set 'em free

I know there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island

And why

Why must it be

I know there's too many

Too many niggas in rikers island

Set them free

Set 'em free

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