Daddy can you tell me a story?   Oh, you wanna hear a story?   What kind of story you wanna hear, baby?   A scary story   Oh, okay      Once upon a time there was a kid   Who wanted nothin' more than to rhyme   Almost like he was born in the rhyme   He thought of his rhymes almost all of the time   And he fought with his mom   His school getting caught with his rhyme book   And he knew he shouldn't of took it there in the first place   At least he shouldn't of been sittin' lookin' there in her face with it   Teacher told him get it out of her class   Wicked witch, trick told him that's probably why you won't pass      Now if you shy you won't last but you're new   So underneath his breath before he left he said   "I'm a be richer then you"   "What you say?" she said   "What you mean?" he said   "Boy don't you play," she said   "What you mean?" he said, damn it      Ten minutes later standin' up in the principles office   Getting handed the phone clammed up   'Cause his father was talking   And he was pissed he wasn't listening to his son   You testing me? You messin' up again   You done boy      This is just a story about a young man   Comin' up in the rap game   A real scary story, went from rags to riches   It got goblins in it, haters and witches, uh      This is just a story about a young man   Comin' up in the rap game   A real scary story, went from rags to riches   It got goblins in it, haters and witches, uh      First thing he did was find somebody to give him some money   He wasn't stupid but wasn't using his senses, honey   The guy's he meant was a little shady, a little funny   But they gave him the money so they played the record company   It sounds silly but when he grew up in Philly rhymin'   Wasn't what it is today, deals wasn't a dime a dozen   Today every sister, uncle, or mom or cousin gotta record deal   But for real it wasn't like that then      As you could imagine when he started risin' to fame   And fortune he was havin' started antagonizing the guy's   He was with at the same time he started realizing   The deal he got from them guys in his eyes   Didn't fly with size of his hits   He called a meeting to find a solution   He said, "I'm gettin' beat out of my loot   And I'm not recording no more until we find a solution"      The dude's said, "We found a solution   It's this .44, he ran for the door"   A little shaken but the next day he found a lawyer   Told him the situation, he said, "I'm breakin' this contract for ya"   He said how much the lawyer said   I'm a charge you a quarter 'cause I like you   Just do me a favor, get your life in order      This is just a story about a young man   Comin' up in the rap game   A real scary story, went from rags to riches   It got goblins in it, haters and witches, uh      This is just a story about a young man   Comin' up in the rap game   A real scary story, went from rags to riches   It got goblins in it, haters and witches, uh      And then what happened?   Ah well baby, he, ahh, met a girl and he fell in love   And then you came   Good story daddy