Tales From The Crack Tales The Crack Side Tales From The Crack I up in the morning, on a regular day I knew my man R, would be around my way I my hair, my teeth, suddenly I washed my face he came over my house with the drug base He kept saying if I take one hit of a I write records to rhyme the rest of the night I said, "R, I don't do drugs, or are whack" And that base drug like a drug, CRACK He said no Solo, see base is the puff of base, and everybody does it He left off quick and left me the and the pipe And I I write a record a rhyme, before I reach night I said if true, but any case I couldn't wait to write my record after I the base He left the crib, I the telephone It was my mom telling to watch my sister she gets home I up the phone, with no time to waste I put my sister in the kitchen so I could smoke the It had a funny taste but it didn't bad I felt hot That's I got my pen and pad I wrote a rhyme it was I in a race 'Cause the rhy that I wrote, tried to run off my I said, "Stop rhyme" Then I grabbbed the rhyme and cut the I've seen running in my sight I got a was happy when I thought the rhyme was dead Some leaf and caught me square on the head I fell on my and The rhyme grabbed the And cut my sister I it took her life She fell on the floor, blood the rug The was left and to my surprise I knew something was bugged I got on the to call the cops, "what should I do?" You'd did the same thing if you was in my As I started I seen the rhyme run by And hit me a can of ravioli in my eye I on the floor look and when my vision cleared I looked around the and see the rhyme disappeared I started to cry I said, "Oh, what my mom say?" That's when I heard a cop pulled up into the She came in the she took a look at the place See my sister still bleeding the knife and the She said, "You cut your sister while you were that shit" I said, "Mom, I cut 'er, the rhyme did it" I knew this was the truth, mom it was a lie of y'll might even think it's just a Tale From The Crack Side A From The Crack Side A From The Crack Side Mom was crying, she ran in Got on the phone, and then she started crying to the So I ran out the door, and I for The rhyme cut my sister, who bled on my floor I got in the yard, went out ran out in the I had to duck behind some 'cause I seen the police When they ran in my house and up the block I see my far coming to my house, and my jaw dropped I said, "Baby stop," but yo she kept on I knew pretty soon, the would be hawking I never knew the I was really headed for 'Till the rhyme appeared again in Santa Claus He said, "Ho Ho Ho baby you great" And told me on my face my girl was gonna get raped Me this whole thing it was blowing my mind 'Cause my girl was getting raped by this rhyme He was in fast my girl cried for help I grabbed a stick, you and Solo went for self I hit the rhyme in the head and him drop But hen the rhyme disappeared and all I seen was They coming for me fast I couldn't escape Besides my girl was on the ground yelling and raped One cop gave 'er a and said "M.s are you alright?" Another cop said that's the kid that cut his with the knife I told them my name, I tried to They heard the side of my They "Boy you insane" you raped this girl too Come on and admit it I said, "Man, I rape 'her, the rhyme did it" I knew this was the truth but thought it was a lie of y'll might even think it just a Tale From The Crack Side A Tale From The Crack A Tale From The Side A Tale From The Crack The cops to catch me, so I ran like hell I needed someone to talk to, someone to 'Cause all these things were happening they where blowing my See, I knew I do this, I knew it was a rhyme But who believe me in any high state of mind If they ask me who did it, and I say it was a The cops buy it, this is why I 'm being chased Then my mom told the cops I was high, on base I'm I'm sweating I suddenly that I had to get the piece out as fast as I can, so I shoot up this corner, run up another Looked my shoulders, and seen I lost the cops, then I ran to his door, bang a ring or two He "Solo, hey man the cops are looking for you" I said, "Thanks to you the and that pipe" "I wrote a rhyme high last night and the came alive" He started to laugh, "Yeah right!" I said, "It my girl on the block, and cut my sister with a knife" He started laughing, he it was a joke He said, "Yo you had a little too much to smoke" I grabbed him in the jaw, we fighting on the floor Suddenly that's when I someone that was coming from the door To conclusion, my mind, I said "Could it be the cops, or the rhyme" But before when I 'em my man pay me no mind And when the door opened up, it the rhyme a hammer in his hand he tried to hit me in the head I ducked, but the hammer hit P I started braeking then, I this must be a nightmare He was on the floor and there was blood everywhere I got on the phone, called the She went shock And when I hung up the phone, cops was on the I stuck my head out the door, said, "Help me the is in here" But then he the hammer, again he disappeared The kept asking me how did he get hit I kept trying to tell the "Yo, the rhyme did it" They didnt' buy it, they "Boy you're bug" "You can save that rhyme story, for the or the judge" I get the D.A. and judge still wouldn't listen They gave me fifteen to twenty-five years in take me somewhere, far state For murder, assault too and rape My won't talk to me, my friends wont' see me My now hates me, and she don't wanna marry me when this all dawned on me It wasn't a rhyme it was base technique So I tell kids and adults in this could happen to y'll if y'll smoke crack or base So do yourself a favor away from this Or you'll be in jail like I was the rhyme did it No one will believe you, they'll you're telling a lie And your life will become another, Tale From The Crack Tale From The Crack Tale From The Side Tale From The Crack PMD, up Tom J, I'm out