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 going 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' going to school I was scufflin' and working 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, 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 have no money He have nothin' How can you care about somebody And you never give the welfare of them} 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 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