What Would You Do? Lyrics

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 tryin' to work for a buck And I took one girl outside wit me Her name was Lonni, she went to Jr. High wit me I said, "Why you up in there dancin' for cash? I guess a whole lot's changed since I seen you last"
She said, "What would you do if your son was at home Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor? Cuz 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 lockdown, I ain't got a job now So for you this is just a good time but for me this is what I call life"
Girl, you ain't the only one wit a baby That's no excuse to be livin' all crazy 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 'cuz 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"
What would you do if your son was at home Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor? 'Cuz 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 lockdown, I ain't got a job now So for you this is just a good time but for me this is what I call life
{No, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Stop the record, yo, stop the record! Yo, Shorty, you ain't gotta be goin' out like this, man! Holdup!}
What would you do? Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse What would you do? 'Cuz I wouldn't want my baby to go through what I went through Come on, what would you do? Get up on my feet and stop makin' up tired excuses What would you do? Girl, I know if my mother can do it, baby, you can do it
What would you do if your son was at home Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor? Cuz 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 lockdown, I ain't got a job now So for you this is just a good time but for me this is what I call life
What would you do if your son was at home Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor? Cuz 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 lockdown, I ain't got a job now So for you this is just a good time but for me this is what I call life Come on
What would you do if your son was at home Cryin' all alone on the bedroom floor? Cuz 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 lockdown, I ain't got a job now So for you this is just a good time but for me this is what I call life