Creative Song | catscradle

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air remix

John’s Life

Now, this is a story all about how
my life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became in charge of an island called San Lorenzo, although I’m no heir

In United States of America born and raised
As a freelance writer was how I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And writing a book about the atomic bomb outside of the school
When suddenly a couple of people came to mind
Newt, Frank, and angel Hoenikker who can tell me more.
I got one little review and the rest bailed.
But one said, you can go to Ilium, and you can learn more there

I explored and worked in Illium day after day
And suddenly I get a message from Frank
It said, “This is urgent I need you now, meet me at San Lorenzo!”
I put my Walkman on and said, 'I might as well kick it'.

Here at San Lorenzo, yo this is bad,
Two people are following the ways of Bokonon.
Do they actually believe in his book of lies?
Hmmmmm, interesting, should I?

But wait I hear it’s illegal, they cant do that.
“Please don’t tell on us, we will stop”
I won’t tell anyone, just relax!

Here’s Frank, what did he want?
I need you to be in charge of San Lorenzo from now on

Well, at first I said, Hell no! No chance my man.
but he offered me his Fionsé, Mona Monzano, and I couldn’t say no.
I Don’t know what to do though
Don’t worry my friend I got your back
I sprang with the quickness, left Frank, grabbed Mona, and acted like a creep, so I got a smack.

I prepared a speech and when it was time
Pa had died by Ice-nine, but we decided to leave him in his room.
If anything I could say that this was the dumbest thing one could do. A plane out of nowhere crashed into the room, which threw Pa into the ocean with a splash.

Ice-nine traveled, killing everyone.
Except for Bokonon that I saw and yelled 'Yo homes smell ya later'
I looked at my book
which was rare.
and sat on my throne writing, “The Day the World Ended.”

Clarification:

This is the plot of Cat's Cradle so you could understand the song better. (It is also located in the Literary Elements section)

Cat's Cradle is about a freelance writer named John who likes to be called Jonah. Throughout the book he attempts to write a novel named, The Day the World Ended. Jonah needs information about how the atomic bomb was created. Jonah also wants to figure out what the scientists are doing, when the atomic bomb was dropped onto Hiroshima. During his journey he sent a letter to Newton Hoenikker, the son of Felix Hoenikker, who later sends him a reply. Felix Hoenikker was a physicist who helped develop the bomb. Later, Jonah try's to meet Angela and Frank, Newton's siblings; this does not work out. Jonah then receives a job at Ilium, which was the location of where Felix worked. Having spoken to many people about the bomb, Jonah finally meets Asa Breed. She seems to appreciate Felix and his accomplishments, and she shares information about ice-nine; a substance which turns any liquid to a block of ice. Ice- nine was later given to Felix's children. During his trip to San Lorenzo Jonah also learns about Bokononism; a religion based on lies. There he met Frank Hoenikker, the successor of San Lorenzo, Mona Monzano (Jonah’s Crush), and the dictator of San Lorenzo, Papa. He also met Newton and Angela, who were invited to Frank's engagement with Mona. Frank did not really want to become the dictator of San Lorenzo, or marry Mona, so he decided to give that job to Jonah. Jonah agrees because his heart longed for Mona. Jonah and Frank decide to have a ceremony. Before the ceremony began, Papa was very sick and Frank gave him a dose of ice-nine, freezing Papa completely. During the ceremony, a plane crashed at the place papa’s corpse was located, and threw papa's body into the water. Since his body contained ice-nine, all the bodies of water froze destroying the world. Jonah, Mona, Newton, and a couple others somehow survive; however, Mona decides to commit suicide. After a couple of months Jonah meets Bokonon, the creator of Bokononism, and talks to him.