A boy
To raise
At a
Young age
No help
From him
But she's alive
To be
Made strong
But all
Alone
Must be
A pain
But she's alive

The year was 1975
That night crickets cried
They knew what was going down
Three girls travel a long country road
And one said she thinks it's time
This baby wants to come right now

A boy
To raise
At a
Young age
No help
From him
But she's alive
To be
Made strong
But all
Alone
Must be
A pain
But she's alive

(I was scufflin' going to school)
(I was scufflin' working at night)
(And you know what)
(I truly believe)
(And that's why I tell a lot of parents)
(Single parents, don't tell me what God can't do)
(I made sure you had)
(I never felt like you should be deprived of anything)
(If a man didn't want to take care of his child)
(You move on)
(And that's what I did)
(I moved on)

A boy
To raise
At a
Young age
No help
From him
But she's alive
To be
Made strong
But all
Alone
Must be
A pain
But she's alive

A boy
To raise
At, at a
Young age
No help
From him
But she's alive

(He always wanted to be a father)
(But he never took care of you)
(He ain't have no money)
(He ain't have nothin')
(How can you care about somebody)
(And you never give the welfare of them)

A boy
To raise
At a
Young age
No help
From him
But she's alive
To be
Made strong
But all
Alone
Must be
A drag
But she's alive

A boy
To raise
At a
Young age
No help
From him
But she's alive
To be
Made strong
But all
Alone
Must

(And I knew I had to go that road by myself)

She's alive

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Writer(s): Andre Benjamin, Kevin Kendrick