Live Again

I know what you go through

From me to you, I love you

From the nipple to the bottom, never satisfied

So the money got you doin' shit to fuck up your pride

You ain't a ho, you just really tryna get by

Every day lookin' up at the sky

Sometimes shit get so hard

It'll really have you bothered

First you sigh, then you cry up a whole puddle of water

Seem like this shit won't ever end

Merry-go-rounds turn to whirlwinds

Waves turn to a hurricane

If you see joy, you got to see pain

Shit in the world ain't gon' ever change

Even when you die it'll be the same

Now you a victim of circumstance

Jobs ain't callin' so you forced to dance

Hopin' and prayin' for a second chance

Just wanna put back on your pants

Walk out the club and throw up your hands

Tired of being disrespected by a man

Say this shit ain't right for you

**** been yellin' all night for you

Got you in the mind what's best for you

Walk up to the club owner tell him you're through

She's stuck off in this little room

With nothin' left to hold on to

Her life is in a little box

She's wonderin' will it ever stop

The life of a stripper

I'm so sick and I'm so tired of these clubs

I keep cryin', every night I wipe my eyes

'Cause these years pass me by

I give up, I'm all in, my whole life is full of sin

This road is a dead end, I wanna live again

From the point when a child is torn from the mother's umbilical cord

No one really enforces that life is gonna be hard

It's kinda left up to the teachers

But the teachers leave it up to the preachers

The preachers ain't fillin' the bleachers

It's the rappers, sad ain't it?

It was this girl named Star, pretty fine lil' woman

Goin' to college, takin' off her clothes for money

She gotta pay the rent

She got a little girl, her baby daddy ain't shit

See what she dealin' with

But she gotta hold on (hold on)

Wanna leave the club alone (it feels wrong)

She gotta pay the bills

But in the meantime she like fuck how she feel

Livin' is real

So she back in the club again

Takin' off her clothes again

Goin' to school, goin' to work, gettin' tirin'

Lack of sleep

But baby gotta eat, need shoes on her feet

She got a test next week, so she stressin'

Askin' God to give her a blessin'

Send her in the right direction

Her parents died when she was eight years old

And after that she felt like she was all alone

But she got her grandparents and they raised her well

Keep goin' to school and takin' care of yourself

It's gettin' hard, goin' to school and workin' the club

And at the same time lookin' for love

She can't cease screamin' for a occupation

In a minute she'll be graduatin'

Make her wanna throw up her hands

'Cause she only wanna live again

She's stuck off in this little room

With nothin' left to hold on to

Her life is in a little box

She's wonderin' will it ever stop

The life of a stripper

I'm so sick and I'm so tired of these clubs

I keep cryin', every night I wipe my eyes

'Cause these years pass me by

I give up, I'm all in, my whole life is full of sin

This road is a dead end, I wanna live again

She's stuck off in this little room

With nothin' left to hold on to

Her life is in a little box

She's wonderin' will it ever stop

The life of a stripper