Musiq Soul Child - Womanopoly LYRICS

Yo listen



I met this girl on Baltic Ave.



And you can tell how she steps on boardwalk,



She was park place



I asked what she was doing on this side of town



She said she had some taxes to pay



I figure I'd take a chance and advance to go



And find out more about



Cause there more to know than the way she ways



And the way that she wears her clothes,



Or the way she plays this game (so cold)



She said she came up rough



And one income was not enough



There'd be nights she'd go to sleep hungry



Cause her mom was always short on food and money



See people used to joke a lot



Tease her bout her clothes not being in style



Dressed in dingy skirts and dirty sneakers



From the finest second hand down Oriental Ave.



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But now look at her



She got this game on lock



Anything she ever wanted now she got it



And I've gotta say



And I'm proud to see



That someone like her is in central



Womanopoly



Once she graduated junior high she started working overtime



Scrubbing floors or working on assembly lines



Just so she could help her mother out and



After college they moved into Marvin Gardens



And she got a job working at the city water department



To raise enough cash



In move into community chest condos on Pennsylvania Ave



She fell in love with this dude named ray



Who was a small time hustler from St. Charles place



And he was known for always bein in and out of trouble



But the problem was that he was never on her level



She argued with her mom about ray's work



Til he was sent upstate on the same day that she gave birth



But see the baby never made it, it drove her nearly crazy



And she couldn't take it



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(Listen) see where she came from



Many people find it hard just to hang on



You often find them in the same place complaining



Instead of finding a better way of maintain



She could have balled up and cry



Wished that she would die



And just gave up on tryin



Instead she grind from the bottom



Just to make it to the bottom now shes flying



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