It's a war that we're fighting
All shine but no lighting
Our mother's are weeping
And baby's dreams fleating
From a papa that comes in
Starts beating, mistreating,
Ignorant eyes never seeing
How his abusing and using
Gives us shit that's confusing
Saying we gotta cope
While he's out pushing dope
Mama's living on hope
She's dying and trying
To maintain, just surviving
While he's pulling the rope
Wrapped around mama's throat.
She's treading the water
Trying to provide for her daughter
The home of her dreams
Papa's out running schemes
Pulling her under
Every slap, claps of thunder
It makes you just wonder
While he's back sipping Bud
He could bring down his Lugz
On his own flesh and blood
And just breaks her
Cause of things that she saw
Knowing mama ain't home
And that bitch barely grown
Giving daddy some head
Laying in mama's bed
With that shit in her veins
Bringing rain and the pain
The insane to her brain
Till she grabs papa' gun
And pops papa one
Points the gun at the girl
In her own drugged up world
And take the girls life
With the gun; it ain't right
For a babe in the night
Barely ten full of fright
To defend her own life from the man
Who gave her that life
With the help of his wife
Who's coming home any moment
To a man and her child
To be stacked and then filed
WIth a tag on their toes
Lying next to the ho
Who O.D.-ed just before
The shot cut through the air
It's not fair that she cares
Pulling hairs wearing tears
She didn't earn
Getting burned till she turns
Into ash in the sun
And that's it
And she's done.

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