Where do I begin?

It was 1993 when I was maybe six or seven

And my mom and me was driving

Listening to music, I'd be singing all the time

Just to see my mama smile, my mama smile

She said I got talent, and she took me to auditions

But nobody paid attention, I was too young for rejection

Never too young for a passion 'cause music kept me going

And I knew one day I would make it, my mama said

It takes time

It takes a little time, baby

It will be fine, yeah

It takes time, baby

I remember in '02, boy, I really hated school

I wasn't as sound as you, please, just wanted to be cool

I remember when my only friend left me for a cooler gang

I finally got a taste what it feels like being betrayed

I was fifteen when I lost my sister, she was battling cancer

Damn, I really miss her, we moved up North to start over

Little town, and I was a big girl, then I got myself into trouble

I was angry with the world, my mama saying

It takes time

It takes a little time, baby

It will be fine, yeah

It takes time, baby

I've learned and lost along the way

Yeah, I make mistakes, yeah, I've felt all kinds of pain

And the reason why I'm here to stay

Is because my mama said

For things to be alright

It takes time

It takes a little time, baby (Takes a little time, baby)

It will be fine, yeah

It takes time, baby (It takes a little time, baby)

It takes time

It takes a little time, baby

It will be fine, yeah

It takes time, baby

Takes a little time, baby

Takes a little time, baby

Takes a little time

Takes a little time, yeah

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