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