"Children's Story" by Slick Rick
1Here we go,
2Once upon a time not long ago,
3when people wore pajamas and lived life slow,
4When laws were stern and justice stood,
5and people were behavin' like they ought ta good,
6There lived a lil' boy who was misled,
7by another lil' boy and this is what he said:
8"Me and you, Ty, we gonna make some cash,
9robbin' old folks and makin' tha dash",
10They did the job, money came with ease,
11but one couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease,
12He robbed another and another and a sista and her brotha,
13tried to rob a man who was a D.T. undercover,
14The cop grabbed his arm, he started acting erratic,
15he said "Keep still, boy, no need for static",
16Punched him in his belly and he gave him a slap,
17but little did he know the lil' boy was strapped,
18The kid pulled out a gun, he said "Why did ya hit me ?",
19the barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney,
20The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to figure,
21"I'll do years if I pull this trigga",
22So he cold dashed and ran around the block,
23cop radios it to another lady cop,
24He ran by a tree, there he saw this sista,
25a shot for the head, he shot back but he missed her,
26Looked around good and from expectations,
27so he decided he'd head for the subway stations,
28But she was coming and he made a left,
29he was runnin' top speed till he was outta breath,
30Knocked an old man down and swore he killed him,
31then he made his move to an abandoned building,
32Ran up the stairs up to the top floor,
33opened up the door there, guess who he saw?,
34Dave the dope fiend shootin' dope,
35who don't know the meaning of water nor soap,
36He said "I need bullets, hurry up, run!"
37the dope fiend brought back a spanking shotgun,
38He went outside but there was cops all over,
39then he dipped into a car, a stolen Nova [?],
40Raced up the block doing 83,
41crashed into a tree near university,
42Escaped alive though the car was battered,
43rat-a-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered,
44Ran out of bullets and still had static,
45grabbed a pregnant lady and pulled out the automatic,
46Pointed at her head and he said the gun was full o' lead,
47he told the cops "Back off or honey here's dead",
48Deep in his heart he knew he was wrong,
49so he let the lady go and he starts to run on,
50Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded,
51before long the lil' boy got surrounded,
52He dropped the gun, so went the glory,
53and this is the way I must end this story,
54He was only seventeen, in a madman's dream,
55the cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream,
56This ain't funny so don't ya dare laugh,
57just another case 'bout the wrong path,
58Straight 'n narrow or yo' soul gets cast.
Good Night