Nearly God - Children's Story (ft. Martina Topley Bird) lyrics

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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 />

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There lived a lil' boy who was misled<br />

By another little boy and this is what he said<br />

"Me and you tonight are gonna make some cash<br />

Robbin' old folks and makin' tha dash"<br />

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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 />

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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 little boy was strapped<br />

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The kid pulled out a gun, he said, "Why 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 trigger<br />

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So he cold dashed and ran around the block<br />

Cop radio's it to another lady cop<br />

He ran by a tree, there he saw this sister<br />

A shot for the head, he shot back but he missed her<br />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 a university<br />

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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, got out the automatic<br />

Pointed at her head and he said the gun was full o' lead<br />

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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 />

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Before long the little 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 />

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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 and narrow or your soul gets cashed