Intro: Before you even open your ears to finish hearing this song All imma tell you right now Is don't shoot the messenger man Pay very close attention to what I'm saying Verse 1 Every time I see the news on my television I'm seeing another youngin heading to the penitentiary Arm robber or simple Bulgary Or even worst trynna catch them on a murder case Getting life when they ain't never get to live one Make the wrong decision and fall a victim to the system Now everybody doing time There momma and family cause it's k**ing them inside Can't forget about the new born No understanding what going on with the family Or what happen to his daddy But eventually you got to tell the truth There goes another cycle When they find out they been lied too Now they don't wanna hear a damn thing that comes from momma Because in their eyes you broke the rules d**h before dishonor There goes another adolescence lost in the maze Take this how you wanna I'm just saying we need to change Hook She don't wanna hear me now He still don't wanna make it out The youth are going crazy now All I'm asking is can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? I'm asking can you hear me now? Verse Young ladies having kids up in high school Pregnant with the second one and probably not the same dude Some don't make it up to college And now they realizing it's gone take more than love to be a momma Gotta learn life the hard way 9-5 5-9 Overtime and still barley get the bill pays Now your force to be a woman when your just a child Because at your age your not suppose to know what stress about Grandma and grandpa They Always got the babies Cause quality time don't go away with out high waiting While they grow older by default of their own And by the age of fourteen They claiming that they grown Bridge And they don't want to hear a damn thing come from momma Because in their eyes you broke the rules d**h before dishonor There goes another adolescence lost in the maze Take this how you wanna I'm just saying we need to change