Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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D.
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F little something
Bbm like this.
When I wake up,
Ab when I wake up,
Eb when I
Bb wake up,
Fm when I wake up,
Bbm when I wake up, when I
Ab wake up, when I
Gm wake up,
Fm when I wake up, when I wake
Bbm up.
Now little Lisa's only nine years old.
Ab She's trying to figure out why the world is so cold.
Gm Why she's all alone and they never
G met her family.
Fm Mama's always gone and she never
Bbm met her daddy.
Part of her is missing and nobody will listen.
Ab Mama's on drugs, getting up in the kitchen.
Gm Bringing home in a different hours of the night.
Fm Starting with some laughs, usually ending in a fight.
Bbm Sneaking in a room when her mama's knocked out.
Ab Trying to have his way and little Lisa says, ouch.
She tries
Bb to resist, but then all he does is beat
Fm her.
Tries to tell her mom, but her mama don't believe
Bbm her.
Lisa's stuck up in the world on her own.
Ab Forced to think that hell is a place called home.
Bb Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack.
Fm She says she's about to run away and never come back.
Bbm When I wake up, when I wake
Ab _ up, when I wake up,
Bb _ _ _ .
Fm when I wake up, when I wake
Bbm up, when I wake up, _
Ab when I wake _ _
Bb up.
_ .
Fm _ _ _ _
Bbm Little Nicole is only ten years old.
Ab She's steady trying to figure out why the world is so cold.
Gm Why she's not pretty and nobody seems to like her.
Fm Alcoholic stepdad always wanna strike her.
Bbm Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises.
Ab Teachers ask questions, she's making up excuses.
Gm Bleeding on the inside, crying on
Fm the out.
It's only one girl really knows what she's about.
Bbm Her name is Little Stacy and they become friends.
Ab Promise that they'll always be tight till the end.
G Until one day Little Stacy gets
Fm shot.
A drive-by bullet went straight up on her block.
Bbm Now Nicole's stuck up in the world on her own.
Ab Wants to think that hell is a place called home.
Nothing else to do but get her clothes and pack.
She
F says she's about to run away
Ab and never come back.
Bbm Run away, run _ .
_
Ab _ _ _ _
Gm away,
Fm don't keep running.
_ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ _ .
_
Ab _ _ _ _
Gm _ Little
Fm _ _ _ _ _
Bbm Erica is 11 years old.
Ab She's steady trying to figure why the world is so cold.
Gm So she pops to get rid of all the pain.
Fm Plus she's having sex with a boy who's 16.
Bbm Emotions run deep and she thinks she's in love.
Ab So there's no protection, he's using no glove.
Gm Never thinking about the consequences of
Fm her actions.
Living for today and not tomorrow's satisfaction.
Bbm The days go by and her belly gets big.
The
Ab father bails out, he ain't ready for a kid.
Bbm Knowing her mama will blow it all out of
Fm proportion.
Plus she lives more so no money for abortion.
Bbm Erica is stuck up in the world on her own.
Ab Forced to think that hell is a place called home.
Cm Nothing else to do but get her clothes and
Bbm pack.
She
F says she's about to run away and
Fm never come back.
Bbm _ _ _ .
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Ab _ _ _ _
Bb _ _ _ .
Fm _ _ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ _ .
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Ab _ _ _ _
Bb _ _ _ .
Fm _ _ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ _ .
Db _
Ab _ _ _
Gm _ _ _ _ .
Fm Run _ _
Bbm away, _ _ .
_
Ab run _
Fm _
Gm _ _ .
Fm away, _ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ _ .
Ab don't keep running.
Run away,
G I'll run
Fm away with you.
If you want me
Bbm to _ _ _ .
_
Ab _ _
Fm _ _
G _ _ _ .
Fm _ _ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ _ .
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Ab _ _ _ _
Bb _ _ _ .
Fm _ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ _ _ .
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Ab _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ .
Fm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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