The alarm clock rung   Momma woke her out the bed   She's gettin' dressed for school   Puttin' barrettes in her head   An honor roll student real smart   That's what they said   Every morning when she left   Mom would cook her grits and eggs   Pops worked two jobs   To bring in the bread   Momma stayed in the kitchen   And kept her well fed      Now here she go   Quick to meet her friends   At the bus stop    On the avenue   That's when the old Cadillac dropped   The man that was drivin'   Snatched her up around 8 o'clock   While her friends and the bus driver   Waitin' down the block   No one heard her screamin'   He turned the bass up a notch   She was tampered with   Second floor in an abandoned spot   No telephone around   So she couldn't call the cops   He threw her in the bathroom   Made sure the door was locked   All she was thinkin'   "Why me?" and "Will it stop?"   All she was thinkin'   "Why me?" and "Will it stop?"   It's a damn shame      Chorus:   Damn shame   That someone   That someone would want to mess with you   And you just can't get them out your mind   Try to replace bad times with smiles   Let it out   Out right now   I know it's hard to talk about   You gotta keep going on with your life   Letting it out   Don't you let it back away      The school bell rung   For the first hour of school   Her teacher called her moms   'cause she thinks she's skippin' school   But if only they knew   What was really goin' on   She's cryin' for your help   While y'all talkin' on the phone   The teacher's on the wrong subject   Sayin' that she think she grown   Somebody call the police   Damn callin' up Tyrone   So her mother filed a report on her own   This is the description that she gave what was known      Fifteen   She was last seen    Standin' on the corner   Eatin' ice cream   At the bus stop   On 10th Street and Milly Ave.   Just a few feet    From the spot   Where she stayed   Pink mini skirt   And french braids   Hundred-ten pounds   What she weighed   5 foot 2   Eyes blue-grey      Chorus      Now back to the abandoned spot   Where she's tryin' to pick the lock   So he threw her in his 'lac   Ridin' with the doors locked   Drove her through the woods   That was right around the block   Dropped her off at the hospital   In the parking lot   The school bell rung   For the end of a class   At the same time   She was runnin' in the flash   To go and call her mother   But her mother isn't there   And when she finally seen her   Speculation filled the air   Her momma don't believe her   She's keeps callin' her tricks and whores   Sayin' I told you 'bout them older men before   Her father didn't neither   Afraid to face the sticks and stones   And now she's searchin' for the grace to carry on   It's a damn shame      Chorus      Let it go    Let it go   I know it's hard   But you should let it go   Life goes on and you should know   If you let it go   Let it go      Let it go    You should let it go   I know you'll make it   If you let it go   Life goes on and you should know   Let it go   Let it go      Let it go    Let it go   I know it's hard   But you should let it go   Life goes on and you should know   If you let it go   Let it go