You do the crime  you're payin the price
 Cause if you're in the drug spots  sellin crack on the block
 Snatchin chains  bustin brains  like a real hardrock
 If you ever hear a cop say you're under arrest
 Go out just like a trooper  stick out your chest
 Cause you might have been robbin  you might have been whylin
 But you won't be smilin on Riker's ISLAND

 Just to hear the name it makes your spine tingle
 This is a jungle where the murderers mingle
 This ain't a place that's crowded but there's room for you
 Whether you're white or you're black, you'll be black and blue
 Cause in every cellblock, there is a hardrock
 with a real nice device that's called a sock lock
 Don't ever get caught in a crime my friend
 Cause this bus trip is not to Adventure's Inn
 They have a nice warm welcome, for new inmates
 Razors, and shanks, and sharp edged plates
 Posses will devour, punks with power
 After the shower it's, rush hour
 So watch your back before you get sacked
 These a bunch of maniacs that's about to attack
 If you're a hustlin pro, keep a low profile'n
 Cause you won't be smilin on Riker's ISLAND

 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 scared
 (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 your sharper than 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 as lame
 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

 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 priveledge for a long long while
 So keep your money pilin, keep profilin
 Cause ahh, you won't be smilin on Riker's Island