Pass the dynamite 'cause the fuse is lit
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Down in cell block number 9
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Y'all gotta stop that stuff goin' on over there
In the forty-seventh hour the tear gas
We are all back in our cells
But every now and then
There's a riot goin' on
I heard the whistle blow then I heard somebody yell
Down in cell block number 9
The riot started down in cell block number 4
Scar-face Jones said, "It's too late to quit"
Here come the warden with an automatic gun"
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
I said, "Hey now boys, get ready to run
It got our men
Down in cell block number 9
If ya don't stop that riot, y'all gonna get the chair
Spread like wild fire across the prison floor
There's a riot goin' on
Four o'clock in the mornin', I was layin' back in my cell
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
