Boys and girls, wanna hear a true story?   Saturday night, was at this real wild party   They had the liquor overflowin' the cup   About 5, 6 strippers tryin' to work for a buck   And I took one girl outside wit me   Her name was Lonni, she went to Jr. High wit me   I said, "Why you up in there dancin' for cash?   I guess a whole lot's changed since I seen you last"      She said, "What would you do if your son was at home   Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor?   Cuz 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 smokin' rock now   In and out of lockdown, 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"      Girl, you ain't the only one wit a baby   That's no excuse to be livin' all crazy   Then she looked me right square in the eye   And said, "Every day I wake up hopin' to die"   She said, "Nigga, I know about pain 'cuz   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"      What would you do if your son was at home   Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor?   'Cuz 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 smokin' rock now   In and out of lockdown, 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      {No, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on   Stop the record, yo, stop the record!   Yo, Shorty, you ain't gotta be goin' out like this, man!   Holdup!}      What would you do?   Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse   What would you do?   'Cuz I wouldn't want my baby to go through what I went through   Come on, what would you do?   Get up on my feet and stop makin' up tired excuses   What 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 home   Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor?   Cuz 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 smokin' rock now   In and out of lockdown, 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      What would you do if your son was at home   Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor?   Cuz 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 smokin' rock now   In and out of lockdown, 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   Come on      What would you do if your son was at home   Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor?   Cuz 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 smokin' rock now   In and out of lockdown, 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