Boys and girls wanna hear a true story?
saturday night was at this real wild party
they had the liquor overflowing the cup, about
5 or 6 strippers trying to work for a buck
and I took one girl outside with me, her name
was loni, she went to junior high with me,
I said, why you up in there dancing for cash?,
I guess a whole lots changed since I seen you last
she said..

chorus:

what would you do?, if your son was at home
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
so we're smoking rock now, in and out of lock down,
I ain�t gotta job now, so for you this is just a good time
but for me this is what I call life

2nd verse:

girl you aint the only one with a baby,
that's no excuse to be living all crazy
then she looked me right square in the eye
and said everyday I wake up hoping to die,
she said- nigga I know about pain cause,
me and my sister ran away, so my daddy
couldn't rape us, before I was a teenager
I done been through more shit, you can't even
relate to!

(chorus)

ooooo
then she said, what would you do? if....
get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
what would you do? if....
cause I wouldn't want my baby, to go through what
I went through
what would you do? if....
get up on my feet, stop making tired excuses
what would you do? if...
girl I know if my mother can do it, baby you can do it

oooo, oooo, oooo-(yea, yea, yea, yea)

(chorus)

what would you do? if your son was at home,
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
somewhere smoking rock now, in and out of lock down,
I ain�t gotta job now, so for you this is just a good time
but for me this is what I call life (come on)