Tales From The Side From The Crack Side Tales From The Side I up in the morning, on a regular day I knew my man named R, be around my way I brushed my hair, my teeth, I washed my face Then he came over my with the drug base He saying if I take one hit of a pipe I records to rhyme before 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 is the shit Girls puff of base, and does it He left off quick and left me the base and the And I thought I write a a rhyme, before I reach night I if that's true, but any case I couldn't wait to write my record after I smoke the He left the crib, I the telephone It was my mom to watch my sister 'till 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 taste bad I hot when I got my pen and pad I a rhyme it was funky I broke in a 'Cause the rhy that I wrote, to run off my page I said, "Stop rhyme" I grabbbed the rhyme and cut the rhyme That I've seen in my sight I got a mind was happy when I thought the rhyme was Some leaf swong and me square on the head I on my floor and The grabbed the knife And cut my little I thought it took her She fell on the floor, covered the rug The rhyme was left and to my surprise I knew was bugged I got on the to call the cops, "what should I do?" You'd did the thing if you was in my shoes As I started talking I the rhyme run by And hit me a can of ravioli in my eye I fell on the floor look and when my cleared I around the house and see the rhyme disappeared I started to cry I said, "Oh, would my mom say?" when I heard a cop pulled up into the driveway She came in the she took a look at the place See my sister still bleeding the and the base She said, "You cut your sister while you smoking that shit" I said, "Mom, I cut 'er, the rhyme did it" I knew was the truth, mom thought it was a lie Some of y'll might even think it's just a Tale The Crack Side A Tale From The Crack A Tale From The Side Mom was crying, she ran in Got on the phone, and then she crying to the cops So I ran out the door, and I for The rhyme that cut my sister, who on my floor I got in the yard, went out ran out in the I had to duck some trees 'cause I seen the police When they ran in my house and up the block I see my girl far coming to my house, and my jaw I said, "Baby stop," but yo she kept on I knew pretty soon, the cops be hawking I never knew the trouble I was headed for 'Till the rhyme appeared again dressed in Santa He said, "Ho Ho Ho you look great" And told me on my face my girl was gonna get raped Me watching this thing it was blowing my mind my girl was getting raped by this musical rhyme He was sliding in fast my girl cried for I grabbed a stick, you know and Solo went for I hit the rhyme in the and seen him drop But hen the rhyme and all I seen was cops They were for me fast I couldn't escape my girl was on the ground butt-naked yelling and raped One cop gave 'er a and said "M.s are you alright?" Another cop that's the kid that cut his sister with the knife I told them my name, I tried to heard the side of my story They said "Boy you insane" you raped this too Come on and admit it I said, "Man, I didn't rape 'her, the did it" I knew this was the truth but thought it was a lie Some of y'll might even it just a Tale From The Crack Side A Tale From The Crack A Tale From The Side A From The Crack Side The cops to catch me, so I ran like hell I needed to talk to, someone to tell all these things were happening they where blowing my mind See, I I didn't do this, I knew it was a rhyme But who would believe me in any 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 my mom told the cops that I was high, on base I'm running I'm I knew that I had to get the piece out as fast as I can, so I shoot up corner, run up another block Looked over my shoulders, and seen I lost the cops, I ran to his door, bang a ring or two He said "Solo, hey man the cops are for you" I said, "Thanks to you the base and pipe" "I wrote a rhyme high last night and the came alive" He to laugh, said "Yeah right!" I said, "It raped my girl on the block, and cut my with a knife" He laughing, he thought it was a joke He said, "Yo Solo you had a little too to smoke" I grabbed him in the jaw, we fighting on the floor Suddenly when I heard 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 told 'em my man pay me no And when the door up, it came the rhyme With a in his hand he tried to hit me in the head I ducked, but the hammer hit P I braeking then, I said this must be a nightmare He was screaming on the floor and there was everywhere I got on the phone, the cops She went shock And when I hung up the phone, cops was on the I my head out the door, said, "Help me the rhyme is in here" But then he the hammer, again he disappeared The cops asking me how did he get hit I kept trying to the cops "Yo, the rhyme did it" They didnt' buy it, said "Boy you're bug" "You can save rhyme story, for the lawyer or the judge" I get there the D.A. and judge wouldn't listen They gave me fifteen to years in prision They take me somewhere, far For attempted murder, too and rape My family won't to me, my friends wont' see me My girl now hates me, and she 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 place This could happen to y'll if y'll smoke or base So do yourself a favor stay away this Or you'll be in jail like I was the rhyme did it No one will you, they'll think you're telling a lie And your life will another, Tale From The Crack Side From The Crack Side Tale From The Crack Tale The Crack Side PMD, up Tom J, I'm out