| Live, learn and move ahead because we’ve all been burned
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| There’s only so much you can give and not receive in return
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| Don’t let it stress you out, view it as a bump in the road
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| Because it’ll have you looking around the house looking for something to load
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| I know the whole situation girl, I know what he done
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| Ran game, lied and left you one deep with a son
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| You gave him everything and got nothing and that’s a shame
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| Now looking at your own child’s face brings back pain
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| Because when you see him, you see the man that did you so wrong
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| You get hard, harder to feel like you can raise him alone
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| And I know you can, hell you’ve been doing it this long
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| But packing all the weight for years makes it hard to be strong
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| You better take a little time out to gather yourself
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| When no laughter is felt just all tears that’s bad for your health
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| Don’t get caught up in emotion, learn to hover above
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| You stop loving yourself, you won’t be there for others to love
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| If you don’t love you
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| You can’t love no one else
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| How can you love someone
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| If you don’t love yourself?
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| This fellow pumped up your head with the words that he said
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| Not even 24 hours later he had you in bed
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| Said it was you and him forever and that he was your man
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| To infatuated to understand his ultimate plan
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| Now you done broke ties with family and got with him fast
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| He educated you on street hustles to bring in cash
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| You was sceptical at first but he sold you a dream
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| He hit you with the «if you loved me, you would do it» routine
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| Now you out there on the streets and stripping up in the club
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| Selling your body and drugs and this supposed to be love?
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| You looked for it up in the wrong place and went with the flow
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| Now you stay high because your self esteem is low
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| And every day you seem to fall off just a little bit more
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| Your appearance ain’t even the same as it was before
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| You gave your heart to a man who didn’t have one of his own
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| And when he found somebody new to use he left you alone
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| Now you grew up in a household that wasn’t too stable
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| Used to dream about leaving but you just wasn’t able
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| A dysfunctional family, momma was rarely around
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| With an abusive father peace of mind could rarely be found
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| It’s real had being raised up in a house full of fools
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| Somehow you never let that hold you back from going to school
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| Momma got a drug problem but she’s in denial
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| And your own father molested you since you was a child
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| You done lost your innocence at a real young age
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| Lost faith in all men and feeling pent up rage
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| Depressed and suicidal, feeling heartless and cold
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| Blaming yourself for something that you couldn’t control
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| But don’t ever feel like there’s nothing that you could do
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| You can have a brand new life but it starts with you
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| You could still make a good man a wonderful wife
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| Don’t let life take you over just take over your life |