She's Alive

A boy to raise at a young age

No help from him, but she's alive

To be made strong but all alone

Must be a pain, but she's alive

The year was 1975, that night crickets cried

They knew what was goin' down

Three girls travel a long country road

And one said she thinks it's time

This baby wants to come right now

A boy to raise at a young age

No help from him, but she's alive

To be made strong but all alone

Must be a pain, but she's alive

I was scufflin' goin' to school

I was scufflin' and workin' at night

And you know what? I truly believe

And that's why I tell a lot of parents

Single parents, don't tell me what God can't do

I made sure you had

I never felt like you should be deprived of anything

If a man didn't want to take care of his child

You move on, and that's what I did, I moved on

A boy to raise at a young age

No help from him, but she's alive

To be made strong but all alone

Must be a pain, but she's alive

A boy to raise at a young age

No help from him, but she's alive

He always wanted to be a father, but he never took care of you

He didn't have no money, he didn't have nothing

How can you care about somebody and you never did the welfare of 'em?

A boy to raise at a young age

No help from him, but she's alive

To be made strong, but all along

Must be a drag, but she's alive

A boy to raise at a young age

No help from him, but she's alive

To be made strong but all alone

Must—

And I knew I had to go that road by myself

She's alive