Verse 1:
Boys and girls you wanna hear a true story
Saturday night was at this real wild party
Had the liquor overflowing the cup
’bout 5, 6 strippers trying ta work fo a buck
And I took one girl outside wit me
Her name was lina she went ta junior high wit me
I said why you up in there dancin for cash
Guess a whole lots changed since I seen ya last
She said
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What would ya do if your son was crying all alone
On the bedroom floor cuzs he’s hungry
And the only way ta feed him is ta sleep with a man
For a little bit of money
And his daddys gone
Somewhere smoking rock now
In and outta lockdown
I ain’t got a job now
So for you this is just a good time
But fo me this is what i call life
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Verse 2:
Girl you ain’t the only one witha baby
But thats no excuse ta be livin all crazy
Then she looked me straight in the eye and said
Everyday i wake up hoping ta die she said
Nigger i know about pain cuz me and my sister ran
Away so my daddy couldn’t rape us
Before I was teenager i den been through more shit
You can’t even relate ta
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Hold up
What would ya do
Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
What would ya do
I wouldn’t want my baby ta go through what i went through
What would ya do
Get up on my feet and stop makin tired excuses
What would ya do
Girl i know if my mother can do it you can do it
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