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[VERSE 1] A GIRL NAME HOPE 14 YEARS OLD HER MAMA ON DOPE HER DADDY WAS A JUNKIE TOO HE DIED FROM A OVERDOSE SO NO FATHER FIGURE NO BROTHER NO SISTER SHE FEELS ALL ALONE SHE GOTTA MAKE IT THRU THIS LIFE ON HER OWN SHE JUST A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, THATS FEELIN LESS BLESSED THAN HER PEERS DON'T WANNA BE FRIENDS BECAUSE WHAT SHE DRESSED IN HER MAMA SPENT THE MONEY FOR HER SCHOOL CLOTHES ON U KNO… NEVER SEEN A WOMAN WITH SUCH POTENTIAL TO STOOP LOW INSIDE HOPE MIND ITS LIKE A PRISON THIS IS FAR FROM LIVIN' SHE RATHER DIE OR FALL DEEP INTO THE FOSTER SYSTEM FALLIN VICTIM TO DEPRESSION YEA THE STRESS IS MAJOR AT THIS AGE SHE SHOULD BE ONLY FOCUSED ON HER EDUCATION BUT SHE CANT BECAUSE THE RENT DUE MAMA DISSAPEARED 2 WEEKS AGO HOW SHE GON GET THRU THE LANDLORD KNOCKIN AT THE DOOR WITH A 3 DAY NOTICE SHE GOT SCHOOL IN THE MORNING GUESS WHAT SHE AINT GOING GOT OTHER PLANS [Chorus] ALL SHE GOT IS HOPE X 8 [VERSE 2] ITS' TIME FOR HOPE TO MAKE HER MIND UP IT'S EITHER RUN AWAY  OR GET TOOKEN BY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CUS SHES A MINOR MAMA PASSED OUT AT THE CRACK HOUSE AND ONCE THE MARSHALLS COME TO EVICT EM SEE SHE NOT WITH HER THEN FASHO SHE GON BE ASSED OUT I KNO SHE SAID THAT SHE RATHER BE IN THE SYSTEM ADOPTED BY A RICH WHITE FAMILY WITH PICKET FENCES WHATS THE ODDS IN THAT SOME STRANGERS LOVING HER LIKE HER OWN MOM & DAD NOW THATS SOME SHIT SHE JUST CANT SEE SHE QUICKLY GRABBED HER BAGS AND START RUNNIN DOWN THE STREET THE SAME PATH SHE TAKE TO SCHOOL BUT THIS TIME SHE ACTUALLY STOPPED WHEN SHE SEEN THEM GROUP OF DUDES I SEE YALL GETTIN MONEY I NEED SOME TOO, I AINT INTO LOANING BUT GOT WORK THAT I COULD FRONT U NOW ITS SET IN STONE, A STRAIGHT A STUDENT DONE TRANSITIONED TO SELLIN STONES SO AIN'T NO HEADIN HOME NOW SHE SLEEPING IN THE DOPE SPOT THE HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS  BUT SHE'S HEARTLESS A HOME IS WHAT SHE DON'T GOT  [Chorus] ALL SHE GOT IS HOPE X 8 [VERSE 3] NOW SHE GETTIN MONEY NO MORE MISSIN BREAKFAST SHE TRIED TO CALL HER MAMA PHONE IT SAID IT'S DISCONNECTED  AIN'T SEEN HER MOTHER IN A MONTH OR SO SEEM LIKE SHE AIN'T GOT NO LOVE FOR HOPE SHE JUST ONLY LOVE  THE DOPE WILL SELL HER LAST FOR A BLAST IN HER PIPE AH GIVE A LIL ASS FOR A BAG TO GET RIGHT MEANWHILE HOPE GUILT TRIPPIN FOR SELLIN THE SAME SHIT THAT GOT HER PARENTS ADDICTED  SO SHE'LL NEVER GET EVICTED AGAIN AIN'T IN THE STREET SO SHE SLANGIN THROUGH HER SCREEN DOOR SHE NEVER SEE A FEIN FACE JUST GIVE EM WHAT THEY FEIN FOR  SHE WAS HUNGRY SO SHE TOOK A BREAK FOR SOME CHIK FIL A GPS SAY THE ALLEY WAS THE QUICKEST WAY WHAT SHE SAW MADE HER DROP HER PHONE IT STOPPED HER COLD A FUCKIN BODY LAID OUT IN HER MAMAS COAT TURNT HER OVER AND SHE ALMOST CHOKED  SHE CHECKED HER PULSE PUT HER FINGER ON HER WRIST AND SEEN A BAG FROM HOPE [Chorus] ALL SHE GOT IS HOPE X 8