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 trying to work for a buck    And I took one girl outside with me   Her name was Lonnie    she went to junior high with me   I said, "why you up in there dancin for cash?"   I bet a whole lots changed since I seen you last      CHORUS   What would you do if your son was at home   Cryin' 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 smokin' 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 mmmm      Girl, you ain't the only one with a baby   That's no excuse to be living all crazy   And 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, cause   Me and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn't rape us   Before I was a teenager   I've done been through more shit you can't even relate to      CHORUS      (RECORD SCRATCHING)   WAIT, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, STOP THE RECORD STOP THE RECORD SHORTY YOU DONT HAVETA BE GOING OUT LIKE THIS   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   Come on what would you do   Get up on my feet and stop makin tired excuses   What would you do   Girl I know if my mamma can do it, baby you can do it       CHORUS x3