Once upon a time there was a damsel   Where deep in the hood stood a castle   She often sit on a stoop whatch in the ghetto youth   Do the things they do….oh   She dreamed of a day her knight would come through   With his shining amour 22’s   To take her far away from the heartache and the pain   To a world she never knew      It’s the same old story   Just another lifetime   Girl wants to be rescued   From all the hard times   You can be Prince Charming   I’ll be Cinderella   Don’t want a fairytale   Just give me happy after      For days on end she tries to pretend   Like with her there is nothing wrong   But although she tries   You can see the tracks from the tears that she cries   All night long   And she constantly wishes    for the house and the picket fence   and a big back yard   and she hopes one day that her prince will take her away   to a life that aint so hard      It’s the same old story   Just another lifetime   Girl wants to be rescued   From all the hard times   You can be Prince Charming   I’ll be Cinderella   Don’t want a fairytale   Just give me happy after      If I through down my hair like Rapunzel   Would you come up and save me   And if I’m in a deep sleep like the beauty   Would u kiss me to wake me   And if my step mother wont let me out of the house   Would you rescue me would you rescue me please      It’s the same old story   Just another lifetime   Girl wants to be rescued   From all the hard times   You can be Prince Charming   I’ll be Cinderella   Don’t want a fairytale   Just give me happy after      Happily after give me after (repeat)