Tricky - Children's Story lyrics

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 to good There lived a little boy who was misled By another little boy and this is what he said "Me and you tonight are gonna make some 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, a sister and a brother He 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 little boy was strapped The kid pulled out a gun, he said, "Why'd ya hit me?" The barrel was headed straight for the cop's kidney The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to figure "I'll do years if I pull this trigger" 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 sister Shot for the head, shot back but he missed her Looked 'round due to expectations So he decided he'd head for the subway stations But she was coming and he made a left He was runnin' top speed 'til he was outta breath Knocked an old man down and he swore he k**ed him Then he made his move to an abandoned building Ran up the stairs 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 a university Escaped alive though the car was battered Rat-a-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered Ran out of bullets and still, he had static Grabbed a pregnant lady, pulled out the automatic Pointed at her head and said the gun was full o' lead He told the cops, "Back off or honey here's dead" Deep in his heart, he knew he was wrong Let the lady go and started to run along Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded Before long, the little boy got surrounded He dropped his 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 And this ain't funny so don't you dare laugh Just another case about the wrong path Straight and narrow or your soul gets cashed