Since this week I was visiting with my family, I thought it would be appropriate to have my mom join me on my submission! She's been one of my major inspirations for my musical journey and recently she and I have started working on some collaborations. We managed to learn and record this one in about 20 minutes!
This song from City High is about the struggle of a mother to raise a child in less than ideal circumstances and a perfect depiction of "Pain" for this week's theme.
Lyrics:
Verse 1 Boys and girls wanna hear a true story? Saturday night was at this real wild party They had the liquor overflowin' the cup, about five or six strippers tryin to work for a buck And I took one girl outside wit me, her name Was Loni, she went to Junior High with me I said, why you up in there dancin' for cash? I guess a whole lots changed since I seen you last She said
Chorus What would you do if your son was at home Crying all alone on the bedroom floor, 'cause he's hungry And the only way to feed him is ta 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
Verse 2 Girl you ain't the only one with a baby That's no excuse to be livin' all crazy Then she looked me right square in the eye And said everyday I wake up hopin' to die She said brotha I know about pain 'cause 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
(Chorus)
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