Boys and girls wanna hear a true story?Saturday night I was at this real wild partyThey had the liquor overflowing the cupAbout 5 or 6 strippers trying to work for a buckAnd I took one girl outside with meHer name was Lonni, she went to junior high with meI said, "Why you up in there dancing for cash?I guess a whole a lot's changed since I seen you last."She said
What would you do if your son was at homeCrying all alone on the bedroom floorCause he's hungryAnd the only way to feed him is to, sleep with a man for a little bit of moneyAnd his daddy's goneSomewhere smoking rock now, in and out of lockdownI ain't got a job nowSo for you this is just a good time, but for me this is what I call life
Girl you ain't the only one with a babyThat's no excuse to be living all crazyThen she looked me right square in the eyeAnd said every day I wake up hoping to dieShe said-nigga I know about pain causeMe and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn't rape usBefore I was a teenagerI been through more shit that you can't even relate to
What would you do if your son was at homeCrying all alone on the bedroom floorCause he's hungryAnd the only way to feed him is to, sleep with a man for a little bit of moneyAnd his daddy's goneSomewhere smoking rock now, in and out of lockdownI ain't got a job nowSo for you this is just a good time, but for me this is what I call life
Hold up!What would you do?Get up on my feet and let go of every excuseWhat would you do?Cause I wouldn't want my baby to go through what I went throughCome on, what would you do?Get up on my feet and stop making tired excusesWhat would you do?Girl, I know if my mother can do it, baby you can do it
What would you do if your son was at homeCrying all alone on the bedroom floorCause he's hungryAnd the only way to feed him is to, sleep with a man for a little bit of moneyAnd his daddy's goneSomewhere smoking rock now, in and out of lockdownI ain't got a job nowSo for you this is just a good time, but for me this is what I call life