Black Star - Children's Story

[00:02.72] And then Jackie Chan just started kickin' 'em [00:03.65] Like pow! pow! pow! [00:04.53] Whaaaaa?! [00:05.42] Alright y'all, alright y'all enough of that [00:06.34] It's time to go to bed y'all [00:07.20] Time to go to bed -- I don't wanna hear that [00:09.00] You know what time it is, you know what time it is [00:09.91] Uncle Mos? [00:10.82] Yes? [00:11.83] Would you read us a bedtime story please? [00:14.59] Okay, okay, okay, y'all tucked in? [00:16.39] Yes [00:18.17] Here we go [00:20.85] Once upon a time not long ago [00:23.60] When people wore Adidas and lived life slow [00:26.33] When laws were stern and justice stood [00:29.04] And people was behavin' like hip-hop was good [00:31.76] There lived a little boy who was misled [00:34.49] By a little sha-tan and this is what he said [00:36.28] "Me and you kid we gonna make some cash" [00:39.90] "Jackin' old beats and makin' the dash..." [00:41.79] They jacked the beats, money came wit' ease [00:44.46] But son, he couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease [00:47.24] He jacked another and another, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder [00:49.79] Set some R&B over the track for 'deep cover' (187!) [00:52.69] The kid got wild startin' actin' erratic [00:55.33] He said: "Yo, that presidential I got ta have it..." [00:58.10] With liquor in his belly son, he made up the track [01:00.86] But little did he know that his joints was wack [01:03.59] The shiny a & r said: "Great new hit, G!" [01:06.27] "Whenever you need a loop, yo come get me..." [01:08.99] The kid got amped and he starts to figure [01:11.64] "I'ma get dough like all-a these otha niggaz!" [01:13.40] So, he's in the studio workin' 'round the clock [01:16.21] For pop radio, jacked the beat to 'planet rock' [01:19.89] Was out in the street when he met this sister [01:21.61] Who couldn't sing for shhhh but the mix wit' her sister [01:24.32] Ed up the track and in excitation [01:27.00] He decided he'd head for the radio station [01:29.73] But (but!) he was runnin' and he made a left [01:32.55] Was skeezin' at top speed and ran into mos def [01:35.20] I slowed the young man down and I started: "Yo, money" [01:37.92] "Yo, why you sellin' lies to our wives and children?" [01:40.62] He ran upstairs up to the top floor [01:43.45] Opened up the door then guess what he saw? (who?) [01:45.22] Jane the chickenhead radio host [01:48.86] Who be yappin' 'bout beef between east and west coast [01:50.60] He said: "This one's a bullet, you got ta give it run!" [01:54.29] The chicken said "thanks" and spanked it #1 [01:56.15] He went outside, was gettin' props all over [01:58.88] Then he dipped into his ride, the 4-point rover [02:01.59] Raced up the block doin' 83 [02:04.25] Some cats with hennessey saw him at a r-e-d [02:06.94] He winked his eye like his star status mattered [02:09.74] They rat-a-tat-tatted to make his blood splatter [02:12.44] "You rockin' crazy ice and all you do is cling static" [02:14.24] "And rollin' down to brooklyn late night is problematic..." [02:17.88] His eyes was bloody red, he hung on every word they said [02:20.54] They told the kid: "Back down, that playa shit is dead" [02:23.31] Deep in his heart, he knew he was gone [02:25.17] But he grabbed his 45 and decide to blaze on [02:28.72] Wit' shades on founded had him astounded an' [02:31.42] Before long, the young man got surrounded [02:34.14] Those grabbed the guns, so goes the glory [02:35.96] And that is the way I got ta end this story [02:38.67] He was out chasin' cream and the american dream [02:41.49] Tryin' to pretend the ends justify the means [02:44.18] This ain't funny so don't you dare laugh [02:46.82] It's just what comes to pass when you sell your ass [02:49.52] Life is more than what your hands can grasp [02:53.18] Good night! [02:55.98] Knock 'em out the box, Mos, knock 'em out, Mos [02:56.80] Knock 'em out the box, Mos, knock 'em out, Mos [03:00.00] Knock 'em out the box, Mos, knock 'em out, Mos [03:03.87] Knock 'em out the box, Mos, knock 'em out, Mos [03:06.44] Knock 'em out the box, Mos, knock 'em out, Mos [03:09.16] Knock 'em out the box, Mos, knock 'em out, Mos [03:11.42] Knock 'em out [03:12.35] A-nother... Mos Def... Black Star Movement [03:19.65] Presentation... crumbs! [03:28.68]