Lyrics: What Would You Do

Boys and girls wanna hear a true story?
Saturday night was at this real wild party
They had the liquor overflowin' the cup
About 5 or 6 strippers tryin to work for a buck
And I took one girl outside wit me
Her name was Loni
She went to Junior High with me
I said, why you up in there dancin' for cash?
I guess a whole lots changed since I seen you last
She said..

What would you do if your son was at home
Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
Cuz he's hungry and the only way to feed him
Is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
And his daddy's gone
Somewhere smokin' rock now
In and out of lock down
I ain't gotta job now
So for you this is just a good time
But for me this is what I call life

Girl you ain't the only one with a baby
That's no excuse to be livin' all crazy
Then she looked me right square in the eye
And said everyday I wake up hopin' to die
She said- nigga I know about pain cuz
Me and my sista ran away
so my daddy couldn't rape us, before I was a teenager
I done been through more shit, you can't even
relate ta!

What would you do if your son was at home
Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
Cuz he's hungry and the only way to feed him
Is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
And his daddy's gone
Somewhere smokin' rock now
In and out of lock down
I ain't gotta job now
So for you this is just a good time
But for me this is what I call life

Oooooh
Then she said, what would you do if....
Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
What would you do if....
Cuz I wouldn't want my baby, to go through what
I went through
What would you do if....
Get up on my feet, stop makin tired excuses
What would you do if...
Girl I know if my mother can do it, baby you can do it

Oooo, oooo, oooo-(yea, yea, yea, yea)

What would you do if your son was at home
Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
Cuz he's hungry and the only way to feed him
Is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money
And his daddy's gone
Somewhere smokin' rock now
In and out of lock down
I ain't gotta job now
So for you this is just a good time
But for me this is what I call life (come on)