Children`s Story

Here we go,<br>Once upon a time not long ago,<br>when people wore pajamas and lived life slow,<br>When laws were stern and justice stood,<br>and people were behavin` like they ought ta good,<br>There lived a lil` boy who was misled,<br>by anotha lil` boy and this is what he said:<br>"Me, Ya, Ty, we gonna make sum cash,<br>robbin` old folks and makin` tha dash",<br>They did the job, money came with ease,<br>but one couldn`t stop, it`s like he had a disease,<br>He robbed another and another and a sista and her brotha,<br>tried to rob a man who was a D.T. undercover,<br>The cop grabbed his arm, he started acting erratic,<br>he said "Keep still, boy, no need for static",<br>Punched him in his belly and he gave him a slap,<br>but little did he know the lil` boy was strapped,<br>The kid pulled out a gun, he said "Why did ya hit me ?",<br>the barrel was set straight for the cop`s kidney,<br>The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to figure,<br>"I`ll do years if I pull this trigga",<br>So he cold dashed and ran around the block,<br>cop radioes it to another lady cop,<br>He ran by a tree, there he saw this sista,<br>a shot for the head, he shot back but he missed her,<br>Looked around good and from expectations,<br>so he decided he`d head for the subway stations,<br>But she was coming and he made a left,<br>he was runnin` top speed till he was outta breath,<br>Knocked an old man down and swore he killed him,<br>then he made his move to an abandoned building,<br>Ran up the stairs up to the top floor,<br>opened up the door there, guess who he saw?,<br>Dave the dope fiend shootin` dope,<br>who don`t know the meaning of water nor soap,<br>He said "I need bullets, hurry up, run!"<br>the dope fiend brought back a spanking shotgun,<br>He went outside but there was cops all over,<br>then he dipped into a car, a stolen Nova (?),<br>Raced up the block doing 83,<br>crashed into a tree near university,<br>Escaped alive though the car was battered,<br>rat-a-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered,<br>Ran out of bullets and still had static,<br>grabbed a pregnant lady and out the automatic,<br>Pointed at her head and he said the gun was full o` lead,<br>he told the cops "Back off or honey here`s dead",<br>Deep in his heart he knew he was wrong,<br>so he let the lady go and he starts to run on,<br>Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded,<br>before long the lil` boy got surrounded,<br>He dropped the gun, so went the glory,<br>and this is the way I must end this story,<br>He was only seventeen, in a madman`s dream,<br>the cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream,<br>This ain`t funny so don`t ya dare laugh,<br>just another case `bout the wrong path,<br>Straight `n narrow or yo` soul gets cast(?).<br><br>Good Night.