Lyrics

[Verse] Once upon a time not long ago When people wore pajamas and lived life slow Lived a little boy, he was misled By another little boy and this is what he said "Me and you tonight, we're 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 Tried to rob a man who was a duty undercover The cop grabbed his arm, he started acting erratic He said, "Look, kid, 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 his gun, he said, "Why'd you hit me?" The gun was aimed right 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 Radios in to another lady cop He ran by a tree where he saw the sister Shot for the head, he shot back, but he missed her And due to expectations He decided to head for the railway stations She was comin' and he made a left He was runnin' top speed till he was out of breath He knocked an old man down and swore he killed him And made his way to an abandoned building He ran up the stairs up to the top floor And guess who he saw? Dave the dope fiend shootin' dope Don't know the meaning of water nor soap He said, "Hurry, hurry up and run" But the dope fiend brought back a spanking shotgun He ran outside, but there was cops all over He dipped into a car, a stolen Nova He raced up the block doin' eighty-three Crashed into a tree near university Escaped alive, though the car was battered Rat-a-tat-tatted, now all the cops scattered Ran out of bullets, but still he had the static Grabbed a pregnant lady, pulled out the automatic Put it to her head, he said "Cops, back off or honey here's dead" Deep in his heart, he knew he was wrong He let the lady go and he starts to run on Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded Before long, the little boy was surrounded So went the gun and so went the glory And this is the way I have to end my 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 you dare laugh Just another story about the wrong path Straight and narrow or your soul gets cast Good night