[Intro]
Yeah, we see it got a little rough
The good thing is, it happened to somebody as strong as you
Yeah

[Verse 1: Joell Ortiz]
She at the grocery store loading up Enfamils
Playing lottery, putting them numbers in for mills
She at the bus stop watching her first grader leave
Can't afford a sitter, so her job is from eight to three (Damn)
Can't take lunch, she at the laundromat folding clothes
She helping out with homework sounding out the Os
She in the kitchen after that with a broken stove
A old pot and a fresh can of SpaghettiOs (Yeah)
Her daughter has a father, he wasn't ready, though
He skipped off when that baby was just an embryo
She's by herself and being on your own is quite scary
But she been holding it down like a library (Word)
She used to tear the club up and in the after hours
Saggin wanted to tear it up, she loyal to a coward
You rose to the occasion, here's a bouquet of flowers
You one of ours, don't forget about her (Never)

[Chorus: Blakk Soul & KXNG Crooked]
Girl, it's alright, baby
Promise some blessing's gonna catch you
You working hard, but still they misuse you
I can see it in your eyes
The way that you smile (Uh)
[Verse 2: KXNG Crooked]
She look at the mirror on top of her dresser
Fancy clothes don't dress her, so she feeling lesser and lesser (Yeah)
She got a daughter, the father don't bless her
He's a joke like a jester, so I guess the pressure is extra (Yeah)
Ask her name, she said it's Vanessa
City college on Western, she was in her second semester there
Met a professor who wanted to sex her
In his electric Tesla, creepy vibes, Chester Molester (Yeah)
Her main rivals were men in her life
They fuck it up when they enter her life, the same cycle
Even her uncle tried to pimp her out on the bus stop
Somebody need to hit him in the face with a straight rifle
Call it a mug shot, n***as remain trifle
She sit in the rain, in pain, bumpin' Jhené Aiko
She knew the bad people in her life was a hassle
She pushed them to the left like a grad cap tassel
She graduated, I'm glad you made it

[Chorus: Blakk Soul]
Girl, it's alright, baby
Promise some blessing's gonna catch you
You working hard, but still they misuse you
I can see it in your eyes
The way that you smile