Children’s Story (Knock 'Em Out the Box Mix/Video Version)

[Intro]

(Now here's a little something that needs to be heard)

("Word, Rick?")

Uncle Ricky, could 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

[Verse]

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, tonight 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 a 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'd 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 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

So he decided he'd head for the subway stations

But she was coming and he made a left

He was runnin' top speed 'til 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? (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 lowlife brought back this dope machine gun

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 is 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, what, seventeen, in a madman's dream

The cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream

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

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

Straight and narrow or your soul gets cast

("Good, good, good, good") Good night, good night, good night

[Outro]

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

- Oh boy, that Uncle Ricky, he's 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—, knock—, knock—, knock—, knock 'em out, Rick)

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

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

- Well, good night

- Good night

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

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

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

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

(Knock—, knock—, knock—, knock—, knock 'em out the box)

Another, Vance Wright, Rick the Ruler presentation

("It takes two to make a thing go right")

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("It takes two to make it out of sight")

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