[Verse 1] To know who I am, let's take a trip through my past I'm the quiet kid who got picked on in cla** Never made friends and always came in last Couldn't throw a ball, but was pretty good at math When I was at home, all the yelling and the fighting Didn't have no allies, tell it to my writing Thoughts in my mind became words on a page I knew I had to sing, felt like birds in a cage I couldn't leave my house when I wanted to dip I would've lost my mind but then my style got switched My cla**es got skipped, and some liquor was sipped Started talking to boys, stopped giving a sh** Born a little rebel, who just couldn't fit in Everything I went through, I kept it all hidden Covered by a mask, I didn't wanna be seen Asking who I was, I forgot, so it seemed [Chorus] I know we've felt hopeless at times Going through the sh** life throws in our lives Lost in this world with no shoulder to cry Just a little girl, now I'm older and wise [Verse 2] Thinking I was cool, start showing off my a**ets Wanted to be cute and s**y like an actress Then I met this dude and laid down on his mattress Thought that it was love, but really it was madness Wanted him forever, but I didn't know no better Naive to believe when he said he wouldn't leave Never dreamed that I could be, 12 years old And pregnant with a seed, but I'm keeping up my head Without Pac's words I would've grabbed a gun A few months pa** then I had my son My mom flips out like, "What have you done?" Damn I don't know, why'd I smash so young? Then he went to bed, never to awaken My baby in a casket, inside I was breaking Really I was shattered, nothing even mattered Dropped out of school like f** these ba*tards [Chorus] [Verse 3] What happened next? Still looking for attention I ain't want s** just needed some affection Here's my confession, mom you're gonna be vexed Sorry for the stress, but I ain't learn my lesson Pregnant again, yeah that's how my luck be Please don't judge me, I wanted him to love me But it didn't happen, he left me so I'm a single mother on this empty road But through all the stressing, she's been my blessing And when I was lost, she gave me direction Then I met a new guy, fell too quickly Scared for my life every time that he hit me Leave, come right back, chained like a bike rack Then one day I started to fight back Now I'm on the right track, that's what I been through Story of my life, to be continued [Chorus 2X] Just a little girl, now I'm older and wise Older and wise