[00:01.980]Cry baby[00:04.670]Cry[00:07.760]You ain't gotta wipe your eyes oh[00:15.250]Music heals the soul[00:17.810]Momma I love you[00:19.080]I know I ain't been the best son[00:22.520]1977[00:24.170]Out of the heavens it did rain[00:25.760]Pamala Christine will endure[00:27.540]Through the pain[00:28.360]Barely 17[00:29.220]No big plans or wedding rings[00:31.110]She was still in high school[00:32.290]Ditchin' class nahmean[00:33.720]She was not a fiend but she smoke[00:35.500]Not a dream or a hope[00:37.020]Alex would have stayed[00:38.070]But Alex a*s strayed[00:39.120]Still she was knocked up[00:40.640]Alex got locked up[00:41.920]Would have took binoculars to find[00:43.450]Where baby papa was[00:44.620]Still the object of the story is the shorty[00:46.760]With a shortie in her stomach[00:48.290]Pamela was confronted[00:49.500]Will you keep this here a secret[00:50.730]Could you raise it[00:51.450]Could you keep it[00:52.640]Saddest part[00:53.260]This is deja vu got her thinkin'[00:54.980]1976[00:56.620]If the baby wasn't aborted[00:58.390]It's be the second little Corey[01:00.090]And I know she can't afford it[01:01.610]She a youngin' in the mix[01:02.980]Barely fill her own tummy[01:03.960]Tell me how it come to this[01:05.350]I heard Pamela got a baby[01:06.690]The woman got to feel the pain[01:08.240]A d**n shame the child barely 17[01:10.910]No more goals[01:11.810]No more dreams for her foolery[01:13.130]It left dear momma weak[01:14.710]What will it do to me[01:16.010]Pam's got a baby[01:17.230]Someone's got to feel the pain[01:18.930]A d**n shame the child barely 17[01:21.400]No more goals[01:22.310]No more dreams for her foolery[01:23.650]It left dear momma weak[01:25.490]What will it do to me[01:27.010]Who know 'bout hunger pains[01:28.300]Suffer with baby sisters[01:29.510]How many have you lost[01:30.800]Audrey and B I miss ya[01:32.440]Corey can never floss[01:33.500]Hand-me-down torn skimpies[01:34.570]Livin' with auntie[01:35.610]Is momma comin'[01:36.600]It's sorta iffy[01:37.660]Daddy was never there[01:38.670]I used to box with Billy[01:40.090]Streets of Newbury raised me[01:41.420]And I love my city[01:42.600]Came from a broken home[01:43.840]Folks smokin' m*******a[01:45.240]Sniffin' them lines[01:46.250]I wrote rhymes on Park and Howard corner[01:48.070]Felt like parent's disowned us[01:49.130]Spock and me used to roam[01:50.740]Across the city low pockets[01:51.960]Lookin' for room and home[01:53.200]You n***as deep into dinners[01:54.450]I said to each his own[01:55.840]I got a head on my shoulders[01:57.440]And plus this microphone[01:58.530]Grew up with nothin'[01:59.490]We made somethin' on them holidays[02:01.120]For kicked out of school[02:01.990]Made momma a lot less proud of A's[02:03.870]Nicky baby bro look I apologize[02:06.330]Just thought you could see daddy[02:07.720]Within your brother's eyes[02:09.150]Little knucklehead wet the bed[02:10.800]Many fears[02:11.820]Got to 18 alive[02:13.000]On my momma sweatin' tears[02:14.360]And I'm here[02:15.200]Still crazy[02:16.080]Secrets revealed[02:16.970]Wish I kept it concealed[02:18.320]Cry baby[02:18.990]I heard Pamela got a baby[02:20.520]The woman got to feel the pain[02:22.140]A d**n shame the child barely 17[02:24.920]No more goals[02:25.620]No more dreams for her foolery[02:26.930]It left dear momma weak[02:28.600]What will it do to me[02:30.020]Pam's got a baby[02:31.210]Someone's got to feel the pain[02:32.670]A d**n shame the child barely 17[02:35.450]No more goals[02:36.160]No more dreams for her foolery[02:37.470]It left dear momma weak[02:39.190]What will it do to me[02:40.330]Young teen[02:40.920]If daddy dies of A I D S[02:42.220]Don't you cry baby[02:43.530]Rat and roaches infested[02:44.610]But we'll get by baby[02:45.770]Slept on that pull out[02:46.730]So many nights had my eyes lazy[02:48.670]Little brats on the streets[02:49.920]Fixin' to die maybe[02:51.210]Don't want my boys comin' over[02:52.610]She gettin' high daily[02:53.840]I coulda tried harder[02:54.950]To help you get by momma[02:56.470]I now see how you lost your life[02:58.050]Due to my father[02:59.050]Accept my deepest regrets[03:00.150]I showed you disrespect[03:01.870]Couldn't take all that yellin'[03:03.030]I had pride to protect[03:04.330]I love you Pamela[03:05.890]I love you Trevor too[03:07.160]Scars and scrapes[03:07.870]Ups and downs understandable[03:09.670]If you was me as a child[03:10.940]I couldn't handle you[03:12.290]But you was givin' at gifts[03:13.690]See struggle and persist[03:15.070]See trouble can't resist[03:16.000]I'm changin' my ways[03:16.980]New books is in this music[03:18.180]But I'm aimin' for A's[03:19.840]Nowadays even cowards spray[03:21.320]All I do is pray[03:22.490]I'm cool to walk in your light[03:23.960]Just help me find my way[03:25.420]And I'm here still crazy[03:27.420]Secrets revealed[03:28.320]Wish I kept 'em concealed[03:29.760]Cry baby[03:30.960]Cry baby[03:32.120]Cry[03:32.730]I heard Pamela got a baby[03:34.360]The woman got to feel the pain[03:35.940]A d**n shame the child barely 17[03:38.810]No more goals[03:39.540]No more dreams for her foolery[03:40.690]It left dear momma weak[03:42.480]What will it do to me[03:43.950]Pam's got a baby[03:45.100]Someone's got to feel the pain[03:46.710]A d**n shame the child barely 17[03:49.340]No more goals[03:50.030]No more dreams for her foolery[03:51.560]It left dear momma weak[03:53.150]What will it do to me