boys and girls wanna hear a true story

saturday night i was at this real wild party

they had the licka ovaflowin the cup

about 5 or 6 strippers tryin ta work for a buck

and i

took one girl outside wit me

her name is lonny, she went ta junior high wit me

i said, why u up in there dancin for cash

i guess a whole lots change since i seen u last

she said,



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wut would u do if your son was at home

cryin all alone on the bedroom floor

cuz he's hungry

and the only way ta feed him is ta

sleep wit a man for a little bit o' money

and his daddy's gone

so we're smokin pot now

in and outta lockdown

i aint got a job now

so for u this is jus a good time

but for me this is wut i call life

mmmm hmmm



girl u aint the only one wit a baby

thats no excuse to be livin all crazy

then she looked me right square in the eye

and said everyday i wake up hopin ta die

she said, nigga i know about pay cuz

me n my sista ran away so my daddy couldnt rape us

before i was a teenaga

i done been thru more shit u cant even relate ta



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yo wait wait hold up hold up hold up hold up

stop tha record yo stop the record

shawty u aint gotta be goin out like this yo



hold up

wut would u do

get up off my feet n let go of every excuse

wut would u do

cuz i wouldnt want my baby to go thru wut i went thru

come on wut would u do

get up off my feet n stop makin tired excuses

wut would u do

girl i know if my motha can do it baby u can do it



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wut would u do if your son was at home

cryin all alone on the bedroom floor

cuz he's hungry

and the only way ta feed him is ta

sleep wit a man for a little bit o'