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How It Was
This little girl was feelin' scared
always bein' left alone, nobody to brush her hair
her mom watches and stands aside
while her dad beats her, laughin' when she cries.
The cops show up gettin' calls from the neighbors
The said they heard yells, actin' now instead of later
as they search the house, she runs and hides
wishin' the cops would see through her parents' lies
she knows where they keep the drugs but can't speak her mind
worried she'll get hit, knowin' she can't rewind.
Everyday is the same, with the popping pills,
the raging, and the pain
Doesn't know how or if she'll get by
not enough food in the house to be satisfied.
screamin' screamin' not enough reasons
no hope, no change, it continues through the seasons
There are things bein thrown
profanities bein' yelled
this is no place for a little girl to be held
she gets taken to a strangers house every week
there's no consistent place where she can stay and sleep
she's bein' treated like God knows what
but her parents aren't there, they don't give a f***
she's a little girl all sweet and innocent
The cops come every month but they don't do s***
Bein abused and yelled at everyday
too young to make a decision, should she leave or stay?
sittin' all alone feeling all stuck
livin' in a home with her parents f***ed up
her dad was always in a rage,
and her mom was locked up every other day
sittin' there while he screams and abuses
nothin' left to do but just hide the bruises.

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