Uncle Ricky, would you read us a bedtime story please, ha please?   Alright, you kids get to bed, I get the story book   Ya'll 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 ta good   There lived a lil' boy who was misled   By anotha lil' boy and this is what he said   "Me, You, Ty, we gonna make sum 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 sista and a brotha   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 lil' boy was strapped      The kid pulled out a gun, he said, "Why'd ya 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 trigga   So he cold dashed and ran around the block   Cop radioes it to another lady cop   He ran by a tree, there he saw this sista   Shot for the head, he shot back but he missed her      Looked around good and from expectations   He decided he'd hit for the subway stations   But she was coming and he made a left   He was runnin' top speed till he was outta breath   Knocked an old man down and swore he killed him   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?      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 83   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 still had static   Grabbed a pregnant lady and pulled out the automatic   Pointed at her head and 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      Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded   And before long the lil' boy got surrounded   He dropped the 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   The cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream   This ain't funny so don't ya dare laugh   Just another case 'bout the wrong path   Straight 'n narrow or yo' soul gets cast, good night      Knock 'em out the box Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out the box Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out the box Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out the box Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out the box Rick, knock 'em out Rick      Knock 'em out Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out Rick, knock 'em out Rick   Knock 'em out Rick, knock 'em out Rick      Ain't nothing, that's right, break the ruler   Presentation, crumbs