As a little girl run down to Earl's get a movie or something Finally got a VCR in the crib Money was frontin Hardly kept nothin in the tummy but English Muffins Pasta Meals on the shelf Mommy needin some help but she stood by her man eatin out of dented cans given to us second hand Sometimes we had nathin Coats from the fire station Hopin for more patience Roaches we gotta spray Gotta chase 'em I ain't hatin it's all good Love my hood Run around the corner quick from Bam Bam cause he might throw a stick or call his man mans That's the other bully Shelly named him Bushel cause his hair was wooly Fully equipped with events the backyard presents Bon Bons made out of mud and powder Dried on the fence commence to slidin down the wooden banister Or making yourself taller puttin strings on canisters Man it's the realist how your candy necklace collected sweat from your neck cause your day was hectic I bet this remind you of something Everybody runnin to the curb cause the ice cream truck was comin I scream shucks the gunnin Come in the house it's eight somethin Mommy please can we sit on the steps and watch the cars go by Yeah but don't get off Punch buggy blue Fulton Avenue West side of course Now I'm waitin in line for service at the WIC office I'm ticked off cause this nig often Didn't help me with the bundle of joy the bundle of groceries fallin out the bag I'm callin the bag boy No tip cause I'm so pissed off Here's a tip don't get your girl pregnant then dip That's soft and ignorant but it ain't my fault cause I had a husband but it wasn't what it was cracked up to be Nope I ain't gotta settle cause I'm from the ghetto I deserve a medal for the work I'm puttin in here Mother of the year I don't care about no Grammy Hand-me-downs from churches comin in handy On time A shirt with a stain that's fine For the kids no big cause I git detergent I determined to lose the muffin top while I get this cake Imma take my breath in the break And if they poppa was a rollin stone like them cans of Enfamil be rollin from all them vouchers Call the house to vouch for my residents I ain't got the presidents but EBT is a savior Swiper no swipin Aww man long as they ate I ain't embarrassed or afraid I'll get medicaid Still keep a pedicure Figure be in better shape than ever before the babies Call child support so the daddy could pay me directly into checking I'm expecting a miracle everyday I got a plan Any day I could meet a godly man and anyway How you gon say you love me then you leave me You made that junk look easy That's what he told me when I got ghost like power I left my Holy Ghost in the shower that day I guess he rightly called me coward that time Then I really felt empowered But later I felt more like a betrayer And now I rest in the arms of my Savior Like noun Da da da da Oooh This My Story I'm stickin to it Da da da da No matter what they say Da da da da Oooh This My Story I'm stickin to it Da da da da Don't care what it look like