HOOK: HELP IT'S MORE THAN LIONS THAT HAS SURROUNDED ME MY INSECURITIES MY HEAD DOWN IN THESE STREETS MY FUTURE
THERE ISN'T ONE ETERNAL HOPE AND THIS IS MY LIFE
VERSE 1: I WAKE UP EVERYDAY TO THE SAME OL FOSTER MOTHER I AINT GOT NO PICTURES OF MY MOTHER SHE WAS A CRACK FIEND NOTHNG LIKE PAC MOTHER SHE DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVEN THOUGH SHE COULD OF I'M ASHAMED ASHAMED OF MY LIFE POPPA PROBABLY SOLD ME TWICE ON THE LATE NIGHT STOP BY LOOK IN MY EYES PASS THROUGH THE TEARS THAT I CRY AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIED TELLING ME THIS THAT IS MY PLACE PHONY TRIED TO SMILE MY FACE' BUT I SHOULD OF KNEW SOMETHING WAS RARE SMILED WHEN SHE OPENED THE MAIL KEPT A NICE MINK ON HER BACK MEANWHILE I GOT A DUCE AND MY DUCE GOT A PATCHES I'M SO MAD THE IS ME I'M SO HURT THE IS ME SO WHY SHOULD IT BE BUT I'MA BE ALRIGHT THOUGH
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VERSE 2: I'M PREGNANT BY DUDE AND HE IS NOT 16 BUT I LIKE HIS STYLE AND HIS WHIP IS MEAN MY MOMMA TOLD ME FIND A MAN THAT TAKE CARE OF ME AND HE DOES BUY ME THINGS BUT HE BEATS ON ME
I COME TO HER FOR A LIL ADVICE SHE TOUGHS UP WITH A THE BLACK EYE TELLING ME TO KNOW MY PLACE SO I STAY WAIT FOR MY BODY PHASE TELLING MYSELF IT'S JUST A LIL PREGNANCY PHASE WITH ALL IN REALITY I'M BEING DISCOURAGED AND DISRESPECTED AND UNDER DEPRESSION AND I DON'T REALLY BLAME A MAN I BLAME MY MOTHER FOR NOT TEACHING ME THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAN LIKE NEVER UNDERSTOOD A STAND MY SIDE OF THE STORY BEING THAT IT'S SO CONSISTENT 18 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS DEVELOPING RAISED IN PRISON I GUESS I NEVER MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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VERSE 3: BORN ORPHAN WITH NOTHING TO OFFER THE LEAST OF MY PROBLEMS APPEARANCE LIKE D_J_VU STOMACH IS STARVING THREE MONTHS PREGNANT IMMEDIATELY I DEPARTED SO ASHAMED OF A LIFE THAT WAS STARTED I ASKED GOD IF HE COULD TAKE THE PAIN AWAY HE MADE ME IN DENIAL OF EVERY WORD I PRAYED EVERYDAY IT'S THE SAME OL' NO TALENT I'M FEELING LIKE MY LIFE IS UNBALANCED NO TELLING WHAT TOMORROW GOING TO LOOK LIKE YEAH RIGHT RAPPED UP IN A FAST LIGHT
FOR A SUICIDAL ACT WHY IS MY LIFE SET UP FOR A FAILURE I COULD CARE LESS WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY TO Y'ALL WE BREAK OUT IN RAGE FITTING ALL THE HURT INSIDE WHO AM I? TELL YOU WHAT YOU FAIL T0 REALIZE THE VOICE THAT YOU HOLD WITHIN YOU THE VOICE THAT YOU ARE THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE