She was the prom queen, the world was hers   With a wave of her hand, whispered words   Hearts broken by her abilities   Addicted to the sweetness of a gentle kiss   Lost in a search for something she might never find   Never know if she don't try, the results will come in time   No time to smell the roses, let alone slow dance   Too many bad memories of forgotten romance   She walked out slammed the door   Damn him, she didn't need him   A child game she had to cloth him feed him   Alone after so long gave up hope   Convinced all men were abusive   Undependable heathens and sold dope   Mister right wasn't coming   A fact that she would have to face   She didn't have no time to waste, she had a man to raise   No man to chase, sick of living in this blasted place   No time to sit around weeping like a basket case   Her son made it all worthwhile   The only man that got to see her smile   She reminisced about her lifestyle before the baby came   She did what responsible people do, she changed      She's a different kinda lady   She's not often understood   She's a different kinda lady   She's not often understood      She was my best friend, my playmate   Moved in next door just before the first grade   We ran foot races, climb trees, caught insects   Before money and sex, powder and x   Before popularity came so crucial   She had love and the feeling was mutual   We used to cut our feet barefooted in chipped glass   Now we blow smoke as we skip class   New friends came, and with them came change   The pressure was all, would lil mama maintain   She began to drift away, the distance between us grew wider   Didn't have to speak to me, I could see the hurt inside her   I hear the words out of her mouth   But they don't reflect what she really feel   I've seen the smile before I know it isn't real   Artificial happiness, superficial friends   A nonstop whirl wind, when will it all end   Her eyes roll back, she began to convulse   They searched for a heartbeat, but she had no pulse   Autopsy results show she mixed powder and downers   And none of her new friends were around her   When her family found her, but a      She's a different kinda lady   She's not often understood   She's a different kinda lady   She's not often understood      She was a young girl seventeen, if I recollect correctly   A baby with a baby, that baby was me   She worked everyday still it wasn't enough   World was rough, ol' girl was tough   Drop me off in the morning   Come back and get me in the afternoon   Free spirits lost being guided by the moon   Used to take me to church, try to make me a man   But hard times put drastic changes in plan   She was out there, every time she got up, she fell again   In love with a bastard, stay in and out the pen   Alcoholic addict, never tried to change himself   Beat her to a pulp, and make her blame herself   I tried to talk to her, mama you don't have to stay   Just pack your bags and go, you can walk away   She tell me about this pain, hoping I'd never experience it   Baby boy love is some serious shit, I pray for change   Eventually it came, like rays of light after days of rain   She turned her life around, walked away never to return   Still tempted by the fire, just tired of being burned      She's a different kinda lady   She's not often understood   She's a different kinda lady   She's not often understood