Reflections of My Perceptions
SHANTRELL
HER LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING HELL
BABY BEEN ON THE STREETS SINCE THE AGE OF 12
BABY GOT SICK AND TIRED OF UNDOING STEP-DADDY'S PANTS AND BELT
BABY USED TO CRY BECAUSE OF HOW IT FELT
MOMMY TRIED TO STOP IT, BUT SHE COULDN'T TELL
STEP DADDY ANYTHING, HE BEAT HER WELL
LEFT HER FACE BRUISED UP, AND CUT WITH DEEP WELTS
SO BABY RAN AWAY TO BE ANY WHERE ELSE
BABY WENT OUT IN SEARCH OF WEALTH
BUT BABY HAD NO CONCEPT NOR SENSE OF SELF
SO JUST TO GET BY, BABY HAD TO SELL HER SELF
NOW BABY'S 16 AND SHE'S NOT DOING SO WELL
BABY'S ON CRACK AND SHE CAN'T READ NOR SPELL
BABY GOT A BABY SHE WONT SEE TURN 12
BABY GOT AIDS AND SHE'S IN POOR HEALTH
BABY MAKES ME ASK HOW CAN I HELP
HIS LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING HELL
HOMEY BEEN ON THE STREETS SINCE THE AGE OF 12
DADDY WASN'T THERE AND MOMMY COULDN'T TELL
HOMEY ANYTHING HIS HEAD WAS HARD AS NAILS
HOMEY GOT PUT ON TO HARD WHITE TO SELL
HOMEY HAD TO SPEND HARD TIME IN JAIL
HOMEY GOT BONDED BUT THEN HE JUMPED BAIL
HOMEY GOT AROUND LIKE A CAROUSEL
HOMEY HAD GUN AND SOME ROUNDS AS WELL
HOMEY HAD AN ATTITUDE AND A MOUTH AS WELL
HOMEY HAD BEEF AND IT WAS LOUD AS HELL
HOMEY WENT DOWN COULDN'T COUNT THE SHELLS
HOMEY AINT DIE THOUGH, HE IN A PRISON CELL
IN A WHEEL CHAIR AND ON A RESPIRATOR AS WELL
HOMEY DON'T KNOW HE GOT A CHILD HE WONT SEE TURN 12
HOMEY MAKE ME ASK HOW CAN I HELP?
BABY'S LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING HELL
BABY MET HOMEY WHEN SHE WAS STILL JUST 12
HOMEY WAS ON THE RUN, SLANGING OUT OF HIS MOTEL
HOMEY WAS 22, BABY THOUGHT SHE HEARD WEDDING BELLS
BUT HOMEY SAW BABY AS PIECE OF ASS AND A NEW SALE
SO HOMEY PIMPED BABY OUT IN EXCHANGE FOR A PLACE TO DWELL
HOMEY TOLD BABY THAT SHE WAS HIS ANGEL
AND HOMEY AINT USE PROTECTION WITH BABY NOR HIS OTHER FEMALES
BABY WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO STUCK AROUND WHEN HOMEY FELL
AND THAT'S WHEN HOMEY KNEW HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO HELL
BECAUSE HOMEY WAS SICK AND HE KNEW DAMN WELL
HE WAS THE REASON BABY WOULD BE AS WELL
BUT HOMEY WASN'T AROUND TO SEE BABY'S BELLY SWELL
NOR THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER, BABY NAMED HER SHANTRELL
IT'S A SAD STORY I HATE TO HAVE TO TELL
STILL I GOTTA ASK, HOW CAN I HELP
SHANTRELL'S LIFE STARTED OUT AS A LIVING HELL
SHANTRELL WAS A CRACK BABY BUT SHE MADE IT PAST 12
BABY HAD A C-SECT KEPT THE AIDS TO HERSELF
SHANTRELL WAS ADOPTED BY A FAMILY WITH WEALTH
SHANTRELL NEVER HAD TO USE SEX TO SELL
SHANTRELL WAS ABLE TO ACADEMICALLY EXCEL
SHANTELL WAS A-PLUS AND SHE DID SO WELL
SHANTRELL RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND YALE
SHANTRELL GOT A DEGREE AND SHE WORKED FOR DELL
SHANTRELL GOT A BUSINESS LOAN, NOW SHE WORKS FOR SELF
ACTUALLY SHANTRELL MARRIED WITH 2 KIDS AS WELL
AND SHE ALWAYS GIVES TO THOSE NOT DOING SO WELL
KNOCK ON HER DOOR RING ON HER BELL,
FIRST THING SHANTRELL ASKS IS HOW CAN I HELP?
BABY BEEN ON THE STREETS SINCE THE AGE OF 12
BABY GOT SICK AND TIRED OF UNDOING STEP-DADDY'S PANTS AND BELT
BABY USED TO CRY BECAUSE OF HOW IT FELT
MOMMY TRIED TO STOP IT, BUT SHE COULDN'T TELL
STEP DADDY ANYTHING, HE BEAT HER WELL
LEFT HER FACE BRUISED UP, AND CUT WITH DEEP WELTS
SO BABY RAN AWAY TO BE ANY WHERE ELSE
BABY WENT OUT IN SEARCH OF WEALTH
BUT BABY HAD NO CONCEPT NOR SENSE OF SELF
SO JUST TO GET BY, BABY HAD TO SELL HER SELF
NOW BABY'S 16 AND SHE'S NOT DOING SO WELL
BABY'S ON CRACK AND SHE CAN'T READ NOR SPELL
BABY GOT A BABY SHE WONT SEE TURN 12
BABY GOT AIDS AND SHE'S IN POOR HEALTH
BABY MAKES ME ASK HOW CAN I HELP
HIS LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING HELL
HOMEY BEEN ON THE STREETS SINCE THE AGE OF 12
DADDY WASN'T THERE AND MOMMY COULDN'T TELL
HOMEY ANYTHING HIS HEAD WAS HARD AS NAILS
HOMEY GOT PUT ON TO HARD WHITE TO SELL
HOMEY HAD TO SPEND HARD TIME IN JAIL
HOMEY GOT BONDED BUT THEN HE JUMPED BAIL
HOMEY GOT AROUND LIKE A CAROUSEL
HOMEY HAD GUN AND SOME ROUNDS AS WELL
HOMEY HAD AN ATTITUDE AND A MOUTH AS WELL
HOMEY HAD BEEF AND IT WAS LOUD AS HELL
HOMEY WENT DOWN COULDN'T COUNT THE SHELLS
HOMEY AINT DIE THOUGH, HE IN A PRISON CELL
IN A WHEEL CHAIR AND ON A RESPIRATOR AS WELL
HOMEY DON'T KNOW HE GOT A CHILD HE WONT SEE TURN 12
HOMEY MAKE ME ASK HOW CAN I HELP?
BABY'S LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING HELL
BABY MET HOMEY WHEN SHE WAS STILL JUST 12
HOMEY WAS ON THE RUN, SLANGING OUT OF HIS MOTEL
HOMEY WAS 22, BABY THOUGHT SHE HEARD WEDDING BELLS
BUT HOMEY SAW BABY AS PIECE OF ASS AND A NEW SALE
SO HOMEY PIMPED BABY OUT IN EXCHANGE FOR A PLACE TO DWELL
HOMEY TOLD BABY THAT SHE WAS HIS ANGEL
AND HOMEY AINT USE PROTECTION WITH BABY NOR HIS OTHER FEMALES
BABY WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO STUCK AROUND WHEN HOMEY FELL
AND THAT'S WHEN HOMEY KNEW HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO HELL
BECAUSE HOMEY WAS SICK AND HE KNEW DAMN WELL
HE WAS THE REASON BABY WOULD BE AS WELL
BUT HOMEY WASN'T AROUND TO SEE BABY'S BELLY SWELL
NOR THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER, BABY NAMED HER SHANTRELL
IT'S A SAD STORY I HATE TO HAVE TO TELL
STILL I GOTTA ASK, HOW CAN I HELP
SHANTRELL'S LIFE STARTED OUT AS A LIVING HELL
SHANTRELL WAS A CRACK BABY BUT SHE MADE IT PAST 12
BABY HAD A C-SECT KEPT THE AIDS TO HERSELF
SHANTRELL WAS ADOPTED BY A FAMILY WITH WEALTH
SHANTRELL NEVER HAD TO USE SEX TO SELL
SHANTRELL WAS ABLE TO ACADEMICALLY EXCEL
SHANTELL WAS A-PLUS AND SHE DID SO WELL
SHANTRELL RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND YALE
SHANTRELL GOT A DEGREE AND SHE WORKED FOR DELL
SHANTRELL GOT A BUSINESS LOAN, NOW SHE WORKS FOR SELF
ACTUALLY SHANTRELL MARRIED WITH 2 KIDS AS WELL
AND SHE ALWAYS GIVES TO THOSE NOT DOING SO WELL
KNOCK ON HER DOOR RING ON HER BELL,
FIRST THING SHANTRELL ASKS IS HOW CAN I HELP?
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