All My Life (Black Girl Lost)

Lyrics

[Intro] This is the story of a black girl lost The story of a black girl lost [Verse 1] I knew a girl name Tanesha from the Bronx Grew up in Castle Hill with two nieces and her aunt Her moms and her sister, everyday and night Moms tucked her in and kissed her hugging her tight singing this song [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 2] She was born on October 22, right down in Houston Texas From two parents living reckless The day she was born the doctor covered her warm Placed her in her mothers arms Tears rang out while moms sing out [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 3] When she was three moved to N.Y.C Pops got sent up north did a one to three stretch Moms all alone struggling for paper Her daughters can't eat had to borrow from they neighbors, damn [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 4] Age five life lop side that's when her pops died And moms crying, still trying all alone in this world No money and two girls of course The sad reality of a black girl lost and singing [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 5] Age twelve she think she's a grown woman Now she in the streets late nights on her own mission I met her summer '98 front of her aunt's building Her moms looking out the window telling her to get in, screaming out [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 6] Thirteenth birthday here come the problem Nesha fell for some kid name Phillip from Harlem Introduce him to moms her moms ain't like him So she ran away from home her and her moms kept fighting moms singing [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 7] Thirteen still a youngin' out on her own On the streets dummin' out of her zone Choose man over her mother left out of her home In the back of her mind she still hear her mom cryin' singing [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 8] Fourteen still hustling Nesha got pregnant Phillip found out that's when relationship ended, damn Ain't it sad cause the dude knew that he trapped her She can't leave tangled in his rapture, damn [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 9] Late nights Nesha slept in the lobby Either pitch for somebody or, tricking her body Back to hustling her face got slit in a robbery In the hospital all she can think of was mommy screaming [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 10] Now it's Nesha and her baby Tara She swore to raise her baby proper and show her the way One day look at her daughter saw her splitting image Seen herself through her child, she cried watching her smile singing [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 11] Fifteen year old dope fiend, part-time moms Used the money in stash from her part-time job See her childhood days was gone she realized living was hard Late night singing her song and saying [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 12] What could she do? no place to sleep, no food to eat She wanna go home and leave this alone Bumped into her moms Lorraine on Edgecomb Moms hugged her and embraced her thank god that he saved her, damn [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 13] Late night on February 9th Nesha trippin' in her sleep can't make it through the night Asking god to take her from this life And forgive her for her sins and the taking of her life screaming [Hook] Aww my little girl [Verse 14] She can't take it now ran into the kitchen Grabbed a knife; on the edge her bed contemplating how She could replace her life from all this pain So she slit her daughters throat, dead