About A Girl

See she was seventeen

Goin' out and smokin' weed with the dope fiends

In a phase, she just follows all her friends, see?

Started hangin' with these older kids, I let her be

But watched her closely

See she was caught up with the fun

Didn't know what she's begun

Now she's fuckin' with a man who's already got a son

He was thirty-five, she was still a teen

He had her sniffin' coke and drinkin' everyday of the week

About five months in, that's when shit got bad

See, she's losin' her mind because she's smashin' these bags

And her man can't provide for this habit she had

So she starts stealin' money from her dad

She's off again

No talkin' to friends, she always pretends

That she's livin' good and happy, so these convos end

But what her friends don't know

Is what this girl won't show

All the bruises on her body from her boyfriend, yo

I tried to tell her but she wouldn't listen

All she says is that she loves him and she'll never ditch him

I told her, "Baby girl, you're more than this,I'm only wishin'

That you'd escape from this lifestyle he's got you living"

She turned her head and told me "Kobie, you would never understand

Stop acting like you know me more than my own man

Besides he only ever hits me if I fuck up

I just really need to learn to keep my mouth shut"

I told her, "Stop right there

You think that shit sounds fair?

Any man that hits a woman, that's a bitch right there"

Grabbed her by the arm and told her that she's coming with me

"I'm gettin' you off the shit 'cause I just want to see you clean"

But she pushes me away

And right before she runs out of sight, she tells me

"Don't you ever tell me how to live my life"

And so she runs right back

To his two room flat

Ain't no tellin' her man where she's just been at

And as she tries to relax just as much as she's able

She looks down and sees a pipe on the table

She asked what it's for, he said "Here let me show you

Put this to your mouth and as I light it let me tell you

See this shit right here is way cheaper than coke"

So she leans right in, has her very first toke

She watches the flame as it turns into smoke

And I wish that I could say that this is all that she wrote

But now she's back for more, poppin' xanies and all

Gettin' higher than she's really ever been before

And I ain't seen her in months, same as her mum and her dad

I guess these drugs really fucked her up bad

See one day I was chillin', watchin' tv

I seen on the news that this girl's OD'd

I thought to myself, "Nah, I'm just thinking crazy"

This news man said in her stomach was a baby

It can't be, so I call and there's no answer on the phone

I rock up to the house but there ain't nobody home

So I finally call her mum and as she breaks the news

I can't help but feel the guilt, I should have been there for you