Children's Story

Uncle Ricky, would you read us a bedtime story?

Please, huh, please?

Alright, you kids get to bed, I'll get the storybook

Y'all tucked in?

Yeah

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 little boy who was misled

By another little boy and this is what he said

"Me and you, Ty, we're gonna make some cash

Robbin' old folks and makin' the 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 (Stick 'em up, stick 'em up)

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'd you hit me?"

The barrel 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 trigger"

So he cold dashed and ran around the block

Cop radios in to another lady cop

He ran by a tree, there he saw this sister

Shot for the head, he shot back, but he missed her

Looked 'round good and from expectations

He decided he'd head for the subway stations

But she was coming and he made a left (What?)

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 a door there, guess who he saw? (Who?)

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 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 he still had static

Grabbed a pregnant lady and pulled out the automatic

Pointed at her head, he said the gun was full of 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 (Uh-huh, uh-huh)

Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded

And before long the little boy got surrounded

He dropped his gun, so went the glory

And this is the way I have to end this story

He was only seventeen, in a madman's dream (What?)

The cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream

This ain't funny so don't ya dare laugh (Uh-huh)

Just another case about the wrong path (Uh-huh)

Straight and narrow, or your soul gets cast

Goodnight

Knock 'em out the box, Rick

Knock 'em out, Rick

Ooh boy, that Uncle Ricky is really weird (Knock 'em out the box, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick)

I know right? What does he mean "Straight and narrow or your soul gets cast?" (Knock 'em out the box, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick)

I don't know, I think he be crackin' it up or something

Knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock-knock-knock 'em out the box, Rick (Knock 'em out, Rick, goodnight)

Goodnight

Knock 'em out the box, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick

Knock 'em out the box, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick

Knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock-knock-knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock-knock-knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock-knock-knock 'em, knock, knock-knock-knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock, knock-knock-knock 'em, knock, knock 'em, knock 'em (Knock 'em out, Rick, knock 'em out, Rick)

Knock 'em, knock 'em, knock 'em, knock, knock-knock-knock 'em out the box, Rick (Knock 'em out, Rick)

Another Vance Wright, Rick the Ruler presentation

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