[verse 1] boys and girls wanna hear a true story saturday night was at this real wild party they had the liquor overflowing the cup about 5-6 strippers trien to work for a buck and i took one girl outside with me her name was lonney she went to jr. high with me i said why you up in there dancing for cash i guess a whole lot of things to see 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 he's daddy's gone somewhere smoking rock now in and out of lock down i aint gotta job now so for you this is just a good time but for me this is what i call life
[verse 2] girl you aint the only one with 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 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 had been through more shit you cant even relate to
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[verse 3] what would you do_get up on my feet and let go of every excuse_what would you do_cause i wouldnt want my baby to go through what i went through_what you would do_get up on my feet and stop making tired excuses_what would you do_girl i know if my mother can do it baby you can do it
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[verse 4] 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 he's daddy's gone somewhere smoking rock now in and out of lock down i aint gotta job now so for you this is just a good time but for me this is what i call life
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