Children's Story - Black Star.mp3

[00:01.493]...and then Jackie Chan just started kickin em
[00:03.160]Like POW! POW! POW!
[00:03.973]Whaaaaa??!
[00:04.562]Alright y'all, alright y'all enough of that
[00:06.093]It's time to go to bed y'all
[00:07.319]Time to go to bed -- I don't wanna hear that
[00:09.164]You know what time it is, you know what time it is
[00:10.835]Uncle Mos?
[00:11.475]Yeeesss?
[00:11.951]Would you read us a bedtime story please?
[00:14.485]Okay, okay. Ya'll tucked in?
[00:16.669]Yeessss...
[00:18.254]Heeeere we go...
[00:21.106]Once upon a time not long ago
[00:23.502]When people wore Adidas and lived life slow
[00:26.132]When laws were stern and justice stood
[00:28.887]And people was behaving like hip-hop was good
[00:31.635]There lived a little boy who was misled
[00:34.170]By a little Sha-tan and this is what he said
[00:36.662]"Me and you kid we gonna make some cash
[00:39.481]Jacking old beats and making the dash..."
[00:42.113]They jacked the beats, money came with ease
[00:44.875]But son, he couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease
[00:47.336]He jacked another and another, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder
[00:50.044]Set some R & B over the track for "Deep Cover" (187!)
[00:52.993]The kid got wild, started acting erratic
[00:55.596]He said "Yo, that presidential I got to have it..."
[00:58.186]With liquor in his belly son, he made up the track
[01:00.672]But little did he know that his joints was wack
[01:03.236]The shiny A & R said "Great new hit, G!"
[01:05.996]"Whenever you need a loop, yo come get me..."
[01:08.943]The kid got amped and he starts to figure
[01:11.351]"I'mma get dough like all of these other ******!"
[01:14.036]So, he's in the studio working round the clock
[01:16.604]For pop radio, jacked the beat to 'Planet Rock'
[01:19.449]Was out in the street when he met this sister
[01:21.932]Who couldn't sing for shhhh but the mix would assist her
[01:24.521]Hooked up the track and in excitation
[01:27.338]He decided he'd head for the radio station
[01:29.927]But (What?) he was running and he made a left
[01:32.469]Was skeezing at top speed and ran into Mos Def
[01:35.054]I slowed the young man down and I started: "Yo money
[01:38.053]Yo, why you selling lies to our wives and children?"
[01:40.458]He ran upstairs up to the top floor
[01:43.193]Opened up the door then guess who he saw? (Who?)
[01:45.841]Jane the chickenhead radio host
[01:48.550]Who be yapping 'bout beef between east and west coast
[01:50.943]He said "This one's a bullet, you got to give it run!"
[01:53.725]The chicken said "Thanks" and spanked it #1
[01:56.580]He went outside, was getting props all over
[01:59.162]Then he dipped into his ride, the 4-point Rover
[02:01.765]Raced up the block doing 83
[02:04.390]Some cats with Hennessey saw him at a R-E-D
[02:07.197]He winked his eye like his star status mattered
[02:09.854]They rat-a-tat-tatted to make his blood splatter
[02:12.387]"You rocking crazy ice and all you do is cling static
[02:15.006]And rolling out in Brooklyn late night is problematic..."
[02:17.662]His eyes was bloody red, he hung on every word they said
[02:20.315]They told the kid "Back down, that player **** is dead."
[02:23.000]Deep in his heart, he knew he was gone
[02:25.489]But he grabbed his .45 and decide to blaze on
[02:28.383]With shades on founded had him astounded and
[02:30.900]Before long the young man got surrounded
[02:33.529]Those grabbed the guns, so goes the glory
[02:36.321]And this is the way I got to end this story
[02:39.047]He was out chasing cream and the American dream
[02:41.709]Trying to pretend the ends justify the means
[02:44.647]This ain't funny so don't you dare laugh
[02:46.920]It's just what comes to pass when you sell your ass
[02:49.341]Life is more than what your hands can grasp
[02:53.387]Good night!
[02:54.658](kids talking)
[02:56.111]Knock 'em out the box Mos, knock 'em out Mos
[02:58.322]Knock 'em out the box Mos, knock 'em out Mos (3x)
[03:11.274]Knock 'em out...
[03:12.569]A-nother...Mos Def...Black Star MOVEMENT...
[03:19.188]Presentation... CRUUUMBS!