Children's Story

Black Star

[Child #1] ...and then Jackie Chan just started kickin em



like POW! POW! POW!




[Child #2] Whaaaaa??!




[Mos Def] Alright y'all, alright y'all enough of that



it's time to go to bed y'all



Time to go to bed -- I don't wanna hear that



You know what time it is, you know what time it is




[Children] Uncle Mos?



[Mos Def] Yeeesss?



[Children] Would you read us a bedtime story please?



[Mos Def] Okay, okay. Ya'll tucked in?



[Children] Yeessss...



[Mos Def] Heeeere we go...




Once upon a time not long ago



When people wore Adidas and lived life slow



When laws were stern and justice stood



And people was behavin' like hip-hop was good



There lived a little boy who was misled



By a little Sha-tan and this is what he said



"Me and you kid we gonna make some cash,



Jackin' old beats and makin' the dash..."



They jacked the beats, money came wit' ease



But son, he couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease



He jacked another and another, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder



Set some R & B over the track for 'Deep Cover' (187!)



The kid got wild startin' actin' erratic



He said "Yo, that presidential I got ta have it..."



With liquor in his belly son, he made up the track



But little did he know that his joints was wack



The shiny A & R said "Great new hit G!"



"Whenever you need a loop, yo come get me..."



The kid got amped and he starts to figure



"I'm-a get dough like all-a these otha niggaz!"



So, he's in the studio workin' 'round the clock



For pop radio, jacked the beat to 'Planet Rock'



Was out in the street when he met this sister



Who could