What Would You Do?

Boys and girls want to hear a true story?
Saturday night was at this real wild party
They had the liquor overflowing the cup
About five, six 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 And said why you up in there dancing for cash?
I guess a whole lot has changed since I seen you last
She said…
1 — 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 got a job now
So for you this is just a good time
But for me this is what I call life, mmm
Girl you ain’t 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 Oh then she said
(What would you do?)
Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
(What would you do?)
Cause I wouldn’t want my baby to go through what I went through
(What would you do?)
Get up on my feet and stop making up tired excuses
(What would you do?)
Girl I know if my mother could do it baby you can do it Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah