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Children's Story

In the style of

Slick Rick

Lyrics

alright, you kids get to bed
i'll get the storybook

y'all tucked in?

here we go

once upon a time
not long ago

when people wore
pajamas and lived life slow

when laws were stern
and justice stood

and people were behavin'
like they ought ta good

there lived a little boy
who was misled

by another little boy
and this is what he said

me and you ty
we gonna make sum cash

robbin' old folks
and makin' tha dash

they did the job
money came with ease

but one couldn't stop
it's like he had a disease

he robbed another and another
and a sister and her brother

tried to rob a man
who was a d.t. undercover

the cop grabbed his arm
he started acting erratic

he said keep still boy
no need for static

punched him in his belly
and he gave him a slap

but little did he know
the little boy was strapped

the kid pulled out a gun
he said "why did you hit me ?"

the barrel was set straight
for the cop's kidney

the cop got scared
the kid he starts to figure

i'll do years
if i pull this trigga

so he cold dashed
and ran around the block

cop radioes it
to another lady cop

he ran by a tree
there he saw this sister

a shot for the head
he shot back but he missed her

looked around good
and from expectations

so he decided he'd head
for the subway stations

but she was coming
and he made a left

he was runnin' top speed
'till he was outta breath

knocked an old man down
and swore he killed him

then he made his move
to an abandoned building

ran up the stairs
up to the top floor

opened up the door there
guess who he saw?

dave the dope fiend
shootin' and dope

who don't know the meaning
of water nor soap

he said
i need bullets

hurry up
run

the dope fiend brought back
a spanking shotgun

he went outside
but there was cops all over

then he dipped into a car
a stolen nova

raced up the block
doing eighty-three

crashed into a tree
near university

escaped alive
though the car was battered

rat-a-tat-tatted
and all the cops scattered

ran out of bullets
and still had static

grabbed a pregnant lady
and pulled out the automatic

pointed at her head and
he said the gun was full o' lead

he told the cops
"back off or honey here's dead"

deep in his heart
he knew he was wrong

so he let the lady go
and he starts to run on

sirens sounded
he seemed astounded and

before long the little boy
got surrounded

he dropped the gun
so went the glory

and this is the way
i have to end this story

he was only one
in a madman's dream

the cops shot the kid
i still hear him scream

this ain't funny
so don't ya dare laugh

just another case
about the wrong path

straight 'n narrow
or yo' soul gets cast

good night
ooh boy

that uncle ricky
is really weird

i know right
what does he mean

by straight ‘n narrow
or yo' soul gets cast

i don't know
i think he be crackin' it up

well
good night

another
that's right

rick the ruler
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Details

• Duration : 3:58
• Key : Fm
• Genre : R&B/Hip-Hop
• Year released : 1989
• Language : English

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