This Old Man

It's not an unusual sight in Philly. A couple of badass looking tough guys driving slowly through Center City, leaning way back in their seats, windows rolled down, stereo booming. But there was something strange about these guys.

I saw them yesterday. They were waiting at a stoplight, blaring their music. Here's the thing. They weren't blasting Luda or Fifty. These guys were listening to children's music:

This old man, he played one
He played knick-knack on my thumb
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give your dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

I heard the song get all the way to "This old man, he played four, He played knick-knack on my door." I mean, that's a good 20-30 seconds of music, so I know it wasn't a sample that was being looped in a hip hop song. It was a fucking nursery rhyme. Is this normal? Am I missing out on some underground trend?

What's next - faux-gangstas strutting down South Street singing, "I'm a little teapot, Short and stout?" Or maybe a couple of thugs throwing dice in the alley chanting together - "Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O."

Ridiculous.