Children's Story (Radio)
Children's Story (Radio)

Children's Story (Radio) easy guitar chords by Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Black Star

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Fret 3

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  • D

  • Ab

    4
  • G

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  • C

  • F

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  • D

  • Ab

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  • G

  • Bb

  • C

  • F

  • A

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    3
  • Intro 1





    Verse 1
    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 
    be
    having 
    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 

    Jacking 
    old 
    beats 
    an
    d making 

    the 
    dash" 

    They jacked 
    the beats, 

    money 
    came 
    with ease 

    But son, 
    he couldn't 
    stop, 

    it's like 
    he had 
    a dis
    ease 

    He jacked 
    another 
    and 
    another, 

    Michael 
    Jackson, 
    Stevie 
    Wonder 

    Set 
    some 
    R&B over 
    the track 

    for "Deep 
    Cover" 
    (187!) 

    The kid 
    got 
    wild, 
    started 
    acting 
    erratic 

    He 
    said 
    "Yo, 
    that presidential 

    got 
    to 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!" 

    "Whenev
    er you 
    need a 
    loop, 

    yo come 
    get 
    me" 

    The kid 
    got 
    amped and 

    he starts 
    to 
    figure 

    "I'ma 
    get 
    dough 
    like all 

    of these 
    other 
    niggas!" 

    So, 
    he's 
    in 
    the 
    studio 
    working 

    round 
    the clock 

    For pop 
    radio, 

    jacked 
    the beat 
    to 
    'Planet 
    Rock' 

    Was 
    out in 
    the street 
    when 

    he met 
    this 
    sister 

    Who couldn't 
    sing 
    for shh 
    but 

    the mix 
    would as
    sist 
    her 

    Hooked 
    up 
    the track 
    and 
    in 
    excitation 

    He 
    de
    cided 
    he'd head 

    for 
    the radio 
    sta
    tion 

    But 
    (What?) he 
    was running 

    and 
    he made 
    a left 

    Was 
    skeezing at top 
    speed 

    and ran 
    into 
    Mos 
    De

    I slowed 
    the young 
    man 
    down 
    and 

    started: "Yo money 

    Yo, why 
    you selling 
    lies 
    to 

    our wives 
    and 
    chil
    dren?" 

    He ran 
    upstairs 
    up 
    to 
    the top 
    floor 

    Opened 
    up 
    the door 
    then 
    guess 

    who he saw? 
    (Who?) 

    Jane 
    the 
    chickenhead radio 
    host 

    Who 
    be yapping 
    'bout 
    beef between 

    east 
    and west 
    coast 

    He 
    said 
    "This one's 
    a bullet, 

    you got 
    to give 
    it run!" 

    The chicken 
    said 
    "Thanks" 

    and 
    spanked 
    it 
    #1 

    He went 
    out
    side, 

    was getting 
    props 
    all 
    over 

    Then 
    he dipped 
    into 
    his ride, 

    the 
    4- point 
    Rover 

    Raced 
    up 
    the block 
    doing 
    83 

    Some cats 
    with Hen
    nessey 
    saw 

    him at 
    a R- 
    E- 

    He winked 
    his 
    eye 
    like 
    his star 

    status 
    mattered 

    They rat- 
    a- tat- 
    tatted 
    to 

    make 
    his blood 
    splatter 

    "Y
    ou rocking 
    crazy 
    ice 
    and all 

    you do 
    is cling 
    static 

    An
    d rolling 
    out 
    in 
    Brooklyn 
    late 

    night 
    is problematic" 

    His eyes 
    was bloody 
    red, 

    he hung 
    on every 
    word 
    they said 

    They told 
    the kid 
    "Back down, 

    that player 
    shit 
    is dead" 

    Deep in 
    his heart, 
    he knew 
    he was 
    gone 

    But 
    he grabbed 
    his 
    .45 and decide 

    to blaze 
    on 

    With shades 
    on founded 

    had him 
    astounded 
    and 

    Before 
    long 
    the young 

    man 
    got 
    sur
    rounded 

    Those grabbed 
    the guns, 

    so 
    goes 
    the glory 

    And this 
    is 
    the way 
    I got 
    to end 
    this story 

    He 
    was out 
    chas
    ing cream 

    and 
    the American 
    dream 

    Trying 
    to 
    pre
    tend 
    the end

    s justify 
    the means 

    This 
    ain't 
    funny 
    so 
    don't 

    you dare 
    laugh 

    It's just 
    what comes 
    to pass 

    when 
    you sell 
    your ass 

    Life 
    is more 
    than what 
    your hands 

    can 
    grasp 

    Good night! 

    Outro 1








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