Slick Rick – Children’s Story

Lyrics

Girl:Uncle Ricky, could u read us a bed time story please, o please
(Alright you kids get into bed ill get the story
y'all tuck in?)yea
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 to good,
There lived a lil' boy who was misled,
by another lil' boy and this is what he said:
"Me, You, Ty, we gonna make some cash,
robbin' old folks and makin' ah 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 sista and her brotha,
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 lil' boy was strapped,
The kid pulled out a gun, he said "Why'd ya 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 sista,
a shot for the head, he shot back but he missed her,
Looked around good and from expectations,
so he decided he'd hit 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,(sorry)
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' 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 83,
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,
before long the lil' boy got surrounded,
He dropped the gun, so went the glory,
and this is the way I must end this story,
He was only seventeen, 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 'bout the wrong path,
Straight 'n narrow or yo' soul gets cast(?).
Good Night.
Girl:I kno this story is really wierd...Good nite

Paroles (Traduction)

Fille : Oncle Ricky, pourrais-tu nous lire une histoire avant de dormir s'il te plaît, oh s'il te plaît (D'accord les enfants, allez vous coucher, je vais chercher l'histoire, vous êtes bien installés ?) Oui
Et c'est parti,
Il était une fois, il n'y a pas si longtemps,
quand les gens portaient des pyjamas et vivaient lentement,
Quand les lois étaient strictes et la justice tenait bon,
et que les gens se comportaient comme il se doit,
Il y avait un petit garçon qui était mal influencé,
par un autre petit garçon et voici ce qu'il disait :
"Moi, toi, Ty, on va se faire de l'argent,
en volant des personnes âgées et en prenant la fuite",
Ils ont fait le coup, l'argent est venu facilement,
mais l'un d'eux ne pouvait s'arrêter, comme s'il avait une maladie,
Il a volé un autre et encore un autre, une sœur et son frère,
a essayé de voler un homme qui était un policier en civil,
Le flic lui a attrapé le bras, il a commencé à agir de manière erratique,
il a dit "Reste tranquille, garçon, pas besoin de tension",
Il lui a donné un coup dans le ventre et une gifle,
mais le petit garçon était armé, il ne le savait pas,
Le garçon a sorti un pistolet, il a dit "Pourquoi tu m'as frappé ?",
le canon était pointé droit sur le rein du flic,
Le flic a eu peur, le garçon a commencé à réfléchir,
"Je vais prendre des années si je presse la détente",
Alors il a pris la fuite et a couru autour du pâté de maisons,
le flic a appelé une autre flic,
Il est passé devant un arbre, là il a vu cette jeune fille,
un coup pour la tête, il a riposté mais il l'a ratée,
Il a regardé autour de lui et a vu ce qui l'attendait,
alors il a dé

Thématique La délinquance

Style Hip-hop

Keywords Poursuite, Storyteller

Entités normées Black Star, Montell Jordan, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg