Featuring: Wanya Morris

[Verse 1]

The alarm clock rung
Momma woke her out the bed
she´s gettin' dressed for school

Puttin' barrettes in her head
An honor roll student real smart
that´s what they said

Every morning when she left
Mom would cook her grits and eggs
Pops worked two jobs

To bring in the bread
Momma stayed in the kitchen
And kept her well fed

Now here she go
Went to meet her friends
At the bus stop

On the avenue
that´s when the old
Cadillac dropped

The man that was drivin'
Snatched her up around 8 o'clock
While her friends and

the bus driver
Waitin' down the block
No one heard her screamin'

He turned the bass up a notch
She was tampered with
Second floor in an abandoned spot

No telephone around
So she couldn´t call the cops
He threw her in the bathroom

Made sure the door was locked
All she was thinkin'
"Why me?" and "Will it stop?"

All she was thinkin'
"Why me?" and "Will it stop?"
it´s a damn shame


[Chorus - Wanya]
Damn shame

That someone
That someone would want
to mess with you

And you just can´t get
them out your mind
Try to replace bad

times with smiles
Let it out
Out right now

I know it´s hard to talk about
You gotta keep going
on with your life

Letting it out

[Verse 2]

The school bell rung
For the first hour of school
Her teacher called her moms

Cuz she thinks she´s
skippin' school
But if only they knew

What was really goin' on
she´s cryin' for your help
While y'all talkin' on the phone

The teacher's on the wrong subject
Sayin' that she think she grown
Somebody call the police

Damn callin' up Tyrone
So her mother filed a
report on her own

This is the description
that she gave what was known Fifteen
She was last seen

Standin' on the corner
Eatin' ice cream
At the bus stop
On 10th Street and Milly Ave.
Just a few feet

From the spot
Where she stayed
Pink mini skirt
And french braids
Hundred-ten pounds

What she weighed 5 foot 2
Eyes blue-grey

[Chorus - Wanya]
Damn shame

That someone
That someone would want
to mess with you
And you just can´t get
them out your mind

Try to replace bad
times with smiles
Let it out
Out right now
I know it´s hard to talk about
You gotta keep going

on with your life
Letting it out

[Verse 3]
Now back to the abandoned spot
Where she´s tryin' to pick the lock
So he threw her in his 'lac

Ridin' with the doors locked
Drove her through the woods
That was right around the block
Dropped her off at the hospital
In the parking lot
The school bell rung
For the end of a class

At the same time
She was runnin' in the flash
To go and call her mother
But her mother isn´t there
And when she finally seen her
Speculation filled the air
Her momma don´t believe her

she´s keeps callin' her
tricks and !@^%s
Sayin' I told you 'bout
them older men before
Her father didn´t neither
Afraid to face the
sticks and stones

And now she´s searchin'
for the grace to carry on
it´s a damn shame

[Chorus - Wanya]
Damn shame
That someone

That someone would want
to mess with you
And you just can´t get
them out your mind
Try to replace bad
times with smiles
Let it out
Out right now
I know it´s hard to talk about
You gotta keep going
on with your life
Letting it out

Let it go
Let it go
I know it´s hard
But you should let it go
Life goes on and you should know
If you let it go
Let it go

Let it go
You should let it go
I know you´ll make it
If you let it go
Life goes on and you should know
Let it go
Let it go