City High - 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 5-6 strippers trying to work for a buck And I took one girl outside with me Her name was Lonnie she went to junior high with me I said, “why you up in there dancin for cash?” I bet a whole lots changed since I seen you last What would you do if your son was at home Cryin’ all alone on the bedroom floor cause 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 mmmm Girl, you ain’t the only one with a baby That’s no excuse to be living all crazy And then she looked me right square in the eye And said every day I wake up hopin’ to die she said, nigga I know about pain, cause Me and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn’t rape us Before I was a teenager I’ve done been through more shit you can’t even relate to What would you do if your son was at home Cryin’ all alone on the bedroom floor cause 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 mmmm WAIT, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, STOP THE RECORD STOP THE RECORD SHORTY YOU DONT HAVETA BE GOING OUT LIKE THIS What would you do Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse What would you do Cause I wouldnt want my baby to go through what I went through Come on what would you do Get up on my feet and stop makin tired excuses What would you do Girl I know if my mamma can do it, baby you can do it What would you do if your son was at home Cryin’ all alone on the bedroom floor cause 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 mmmm What would you do if your son was at home Cryin’ all alone on the bedroom floor cause 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 mmmm What would you do if your son was at home Cryin’ all alone on the bedroom floor cause 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 mmmm