The alarm clock rung

Momma woke her out the bed

She's gettin' dressed for school

Puttin' barrettes in her head

An honor roll student real smart

That's what they said

Every morning when she left

Mom would cook her grits and eggs

Pops worked two jobs

To bring in the bread

Momma stayed in the kitchen

And kept her well fed



Now here she go

Quick to meet her friends

At the bus stop

On the avenue

That's when the old Cadillac dropped

The man that was drivin'

Snatched her up around 8 o'clock

While her friends and the bus driver

Waitin' down the block

No one heard her screamin'

He turned the bass up a notch

She was tampered with

Second floor in an abandoned spot

No telephone around

So she couldn't call the cops

He threw her in the bathroom

Made sure the door was locked

All she was thinkin'

"Why me?" and "Will it stop?"

All she was thinkin'

"Why me?" and "Will it stop?"

It's a damn shame



Chorus:

Damn shame

That someone

That someone would want to mess with you

And you just can't get them out your mind

Try to replace bad times with smiles

Let it out

Out right now

I know it's hard to talk about

You gotta keep going on with your life

Letting it out

Don't you let it back away



The school bell rung

For the first hour of school

Her teacher called her moms

Cuz she thinks she's skippin' school

But if only they knew

What was really goin' on

She's cryin' for your help

While y'all talkin' on the phone

The teacher's on the wrong subject

Sayin' that she think she grown

Somebody call the police

Damn callin' up Tyrone

So her mother filed a report on her own

This is the description that she gave what was known



Fifteen

She was last seen

Standin' on the corner

Eatin' ice cream

At the bus stop

On 10th Street and Milly Ave.

Just a few feet

From the spot

Where she stayed

Cute mini skirt

And french braids

Hundred-ten pounds

What she weighed

5 foot 2

Eyes blue-grey



Chorus



Now back to the abandoned spot

Where she's tryin' to pick the lock

So he threw her in his 'lac

Ridin' with the doors locked

Drove her through the woods

That was right around the block

Dropped her off at the hospital

In the parking lot

The school bell rung

For the end of a class

At the same time

She was runnin' in the flash

To go and call her mother

But her mother isn't there

And when she finally seen her

Speculation filled the air

Her momma don't believe her

She's keeps callin' her tricks and whores

Sayin' I told you 'bout them older men before

Her father didn't neither

Afraid to face the sticks and stones

And now she's searchin' for the grace to carry on

It's a damn shame



Chorus



Let it go

Let it go

I know it's hard

But you should let it go

Life goes on and you should know

If you let it go

Let it go



Let it go

You should let it go

I know you'll make it

If you let it go

Life goes on and you should know

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

I know it's hard

But you should let it go

Life goes on and you should know

If you let it go

Let it go