[00:43.41]On July second 1953
[00:48.99]I was serving time for armed robbery
[00:53.99]About four in the morning
[00:55.51]I was sleeping in my cell
[00:59.50]I heard a whistle blow
[01:01.54]I heard somebody yell
[01:03.72]There's a riot going on
[01:09.39]There's a riot going on
[01:15.09]There's a riot going on
[01:18.91]Up in cell block number nine
[01:27.36]The trouble started in cell block no four
[01:32.74]It spread like fire across the prison floor
[01:37.99]I said come on boys get ready to run
[01:43.27]Here comes the warden with a tommy gun
[01:47.68]There's a riot going on
[01:53.38]There's a riot going on
[01:59.30]There's a riot going on
[02:03.14]Up in cell block number nine
[02:11.86]The warden said
[02:12.60]Come out with your hands up in the air
[02:17.12]If you don't stop this riot
[02:19.03]You're all gonna get the chair
[02:22.29]Scarface Jones said It's too late to quit
[02:27.76]And pass the dynamite because the fuse is lit
[02:32.46]There's a riot going on
[02:37.77]There's a riot going on
[02:43.35]There's a riot going on
[02:47.35]Up in cell block number nine
[02:55.95]The ninety second hour
[02:57.96]The tear gas got our men
[03:01.22]Crawled in our cells
[03:03.40]But every now and then
[03:05.49]There's a riot going on
[03:11.39]There's a riot going on yeah
[03:17.16]There's a riot going on
[03:21.25]Up in cell block number nine