Prompt: Write the lyrics of a rap song. They must include a cop, a bad drug bust, and a dog. (Source: 642 Things to Write About)
Alright Chip, this is it. This is how we’ll make our fortune - in the music industry!
You’ve got a ridiculous name, only befitting someone famous, and I have the business sense of someone who surrounds himself with people who want to be famous.
But I don’t want to be famous! I just want to write stories about turkeys.
Chip, that would be a waste of your name. People should see who Chip Impala is. All the time. For a hefty appearance fee.
Fine, fine, what do I have to do, Tom?
Well, we already have your name down. Your look is fine, but we can tailor that to the music genre. So I guess you have to write a song?
Let’s keep that one on the B-sides. That one kid from Seattle…what was his name? Sharpeleless? Whatever it was, he cashed in on hitting stuff from the news. I guess right now we should write something about measles? Ebola? Measbola? Vaccines for measbola?
Tom, that doesn’t sound like the greatest idea.
Hey, you’re just the face of the operation, I’m the brains. But I’ll concede this, measbola was not my best work. Maybe something about cops? Are people still worried about that?
Yeah, I guess so. What kind of song should it be?
You’re getting ahead of yourself, the song part is easy, the words are the hard part. You know how long it took to write “Turn Down for What”? How many young linguistics consultants they had to bring in to get it just right?
Ok, so the turkey cop is going to deal with some jakes that got into some deep trouble with a tom dealing them black market cranberry sauce…
What is all that?! I said no turkeys!
It helps me to at least think of everything as a turkey.
Fine, fine. What’s with the names?
Names? …Oh, a tom is a dude turkey and a jake is a young dude turkey.
Another name for a tom is a gobbler.
…why do you know all this?
Whatever. So the cop is involved in a drug bust of some kids. The bust goes bad when the drug lord shows up. Should it end on a happy note?
What, like they get saved by a dog?
That’s it! Exactly. Brilliant.
Let’s make it a rap! And let’s have wraps! Raps over wraps.
I don’t think I’d be good at rapping.
Chip, Chip, Chip, you don’t have to be good, look at that Antarctican rapper who pretends she’s so ornamental…
Where on earth do you get your pop culture intel from? It’s #flawless.
Let’s change her words first, then we can work on the music and looks later. Here’s my first draft, it’s not much…
“First things first I’m a cop (not a turkey),
drop the heroin and let the whole block know it (that you dropped it)
And I’m still in the police business.
I’m such a great cop, you don’t even know.
I’m bus-ting all the kids, cause heroin is baaaAaaaAd.
I’m such a great cop, and woah it’s the king pin, GET DOWN
Remembered my dog, sic em pup
I’m such a —”
ALRIGHT I got it. Are you sure you even need my name, Tom? With…words like that, you can get by on…talent alone.
You, know what, Chip, I think you’re right. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed our partnership, best of luck with the turkeys.
You too, Tom Wattle, you too.