[Verse 1]
To know who I am, let's take a trip through my past
I'm the quiet kid who got picked on in cla**
Never made friends and always came in last
Couldn't throw a ball, but was pretty good at math
When I was at home, all the yelling and the fighting
Didn't have no allies, tell it to my writing
Thoughts in my mind became words on a page
I knew I had to sing, felt like birds in a cage
I couldn't leave my house when I wanted to dip
I would've lost my mind but then my style got switched
My cla**es got skipped, and some liquor was sipped
Started talking to boys, stopped giving a sh**
Born a little rebel, who just couldn't fit in
Everything I went through, I kept it all hidden
Covered by a mask, I didn't wanna be seen
Asking who I was, I forgot, so it seemed
[Chorus]
I know we've felt hopeless at times
Going through the sh** life throws in our lives
Lost in this world with no shoulder to cry
Just a little girl, now I'm older and wise
[Verse 2]
Thinking I was cool, start showing off my a**ets
Wanted to be cute and s**y like an actress
Then I met this dude and laid down on his mattress
Thought that it was love, but really it was madness
Wanted him forever, but I didn't know no better
Naive to believe when he said he wouldn't leave
Never dreamed that I could be, 12 years old
And pregnant with a seed, but I'm keeping up my head
Without Pac's words I would've grabbed a gun
A few months pa** then I had my son
My mom flips out like, "What have you done?"
Damn I don't know, why'd I smash so young?
Then he went to bed, never to awaken
My baby in a casket, inside I was breaking
Really I was shattered, nothing even mattered
Dropped out of school like f** these ba*tards
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
What happened next? Still looking for attention
I ain't want s** just needed some affection
Here's my confession, mom you're gonna be vexed
Sorry for the stress, but I ain't learn my lesson
Pregnant again, yeah that's how my luck be
Please don't judge me, I wanted him to love me
But it didn't happen, he left me so
I'm a single mother on this empty road
But through all the stressing, she's been my blessing
And when I was lost, she gave me direction
Then I met a new guy, fell too quickly
Scared for my life every time that he hit me
Leave, come right back, chained like a bike rack
Then one day I started to fight back
Now I'm on the right track, that's what I been through
Story of my life, to be continued
[Chorus 2X]
Just a little girl, now I'm older and wise
Older and wise