[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