Riding With Inmate Jerome
Cledus T. Judd Lyrics

I was just out of the rehab rolling through the neighborhood
I was newly sober and driving around my local area

When I came across this homeboy
When I found a guy on the street

Said he'd fix me up real good
He said he could help me out

He led me down an alley
He took me down a backstreet

And right through a chain link fence
And we drove through a hole in a fence

I had a hundred dollars I could spend
I had some money to spend

It was parked out in the driveway at a house of ill-repute
We found the car parked outside a brothel

And in the back seat hung a double breasted lime green suit
I saw a lime green suit hanging in the backseat

What that homeboy showed me nearly caused a heart attack
What he showed me was a big surprise

For what he called a hooptie was a sky blue Cadillac
The car he showed me was actually a sky blue Cadillac

And I felt a little nervous as I drove out of the hood
I was a little scared as I drove away from the dangerous area

But I loved that furry steering wheel
I really liked the fuzzy steering wheel

And that dashboard made of wood
And the wooden dashboard

I opened up the mini bar and in there I found a note
I found a message inside the car's minibar

The stationery said County Jail and this is what he wrote
The letter was from a prisoner named Inmate Leroy Jerome

He said my nizzame is inmate Leroy Jerome
The prisoner's name was Leroy Jerome

And if youse readin this judge says I isn't coming home
The prisoner was not being released

Though I am incarcerated I'll make a deal with you
The prisoner wanted to make a deal with me

If you can keep my gals in line this car belongs to you
If I could take care of his women, the car would be mine

Now ride low
Drive the car low to the ground

And drive slow
Drive at a slow pace

And make her yours own
Make the car yours

You'll always be riding with Inmate Jerome
The prisoner's presence would always be with me in the car

The grill on the radiator was gold and shiny bright
The front part of the car was a bright, shiny gold

And I'd tell you those old curb feelers were handy late at night
The old-fashioned curb feelers helped me avoid hitting curbs at night

I get the feeling sometimes if I turn real quick I'd see
Sometimes I feel like someone else is in the car with me

A gold-toothed cat daddy in the seat right next to me
A cool-looking man with a gold tooth would be sitting next to me

One night I was hoppin and when I heard the breaking glass
One night I was driving around and heard a window break

And I can still remember the sounds of bullets whizzin' past
I heard bullets whizzing past me

Someone said they saw a man in a fur coat and fur hat
Someone said they saw a man wearing a fur coat and hat

Push me out of the motorcar and take his Caddy back
He stole the car from me and pushed me out

It was a young man named inmate Leroy Jerome
The man who stole the car was actually the inmate who owned it

He's out of the joint the parole board sent him home
The inmate was released due to the parole board

Yes he was incarcerated...but he cut a deal or two
The inmate made a few deals to get out of prison

Now he's got a brand new pinky ring and new Bruno Malli shoes
The inmate had some new nice things

Hey I think I caught a whiff of Michael Jordan's splash cologne
I smelled a fancy cologne in the car

I sho nuff of riding with inmate Jerome
I really did ride with Inmate Jerome