Boys and girls wanna hear a true story,
Saturday night i was a real wild party
They got the liquer over flowing the cup,
About five or six stripper tryin' to work in a buck and I,
Took one girl outside with me
Her name was loanie she went to junior high with me, I said
Why you up in there dancing for cash,
There is a whole lot of shame since i seen yooh last,

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What would you do if your son's at home,
Cryin' all alone on the bathroom floor,
Cuz he's hungry,
And the only way to feed him is to,
Sleep with a man for a little bit of money,
And his dad is gone,
So were smokin' rock now,
In and out'a lock down,
I ain't got a job now
So for you this is just a good time,
But for me this is what i call life, Mmm

I said, girl you ain't the only one with a baby,
Thats no excuse to be living all crazy,
Then she looked me right square in the eye, and said,
Everday i wake up hoping to die, she said,
i know about pain cuts,
Me and my sister ran away, so my daddy coudn't rape us,
Before i was a teenager,
I had been through more xiet you can't even relate to,

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(What would you do),
Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse,
(What would you do),
Coz i wouldnt want my baby to go through what ive been through,
(C'mon what would you do),
Get up on my feet and start making tired excuses
(What would you do),
I know if a mother can do it, baby i know you can do it

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