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