Once upon a time there was a damsel Where deep in the hood stood a castle She often sit on a stoop watch in the ghetto youth Do the things they do, oh She dreamed of a day her knight would come through With his shining amour 22's To take her far away from the heartache and the pain To a world she never knew It's the same old story Just another lifetime Girl wants to be rescued From all the hard times You can be Prince Charming I'll be Cinderella Don't want a fairytale Just give me happy after For days on end she tries to pretend Like with her there is nothing wrong But although she tries You can see the tracks from the tears that she cries All night long And she constantly wishes For the house and the picket fence And a big back yard And she hopes one day that her prince will take her away To a life that ain't so hard It's the same old story Just another lifetime Girl wants to be rescued From all the hard times You can be Prince Charming I'll be Cinderella Don't want a fairytale Just give me happy after If I through down my hair like Rapunzel Would you come up and save me And if I'm in a deep sleep like the beauty Would you kiss me to wake me And if my step mother wont let me out of the house Would you rescue me would you rescue me please It's the same old story Just another lifetime Girl wants to be rescued From all the hard times You can be Prince Charming I'll be Cinderella Don't want a fairytale Just give me happy after Happily after give me after [Repeat: x 2]