Quicksand

[00:11.98] Why, in East LA
[00:13.45] There's a little girl dreamin' of a family
[00:16.35] She says, "The system won't give love for me"
[00:18.57] Another lost soul's what she'll wind up bein'
[00:21.52] Later on in her teenage years
[00:23.91] After a million disappointments and some dried up tears, yeah
[00:26.81] Ran to the streets to be safe from fear
[00:28.74] Of another group home that she'll wind up leavin'
[00:32.17] No, don't got no chance at life
[00:34.62] No, might just end up dyin'
[00:36.72] No, no, parents or no rights
[00:39.63] So, so, hold back from cryin'
[00:43.41] Been fallin' in quicksand all her life
[00:46.17] Hopin' for a hand to pull her out
[00:48.72] She tryna leave this world behind
[00:51.43] But the ground is cavin'
[00:53.43] She don't got nobody like you do
[00:59.68] (Yeah, yeah)
[01:04.45] Then she finally falls in love
[01:06.19] What is love really when you're high on drugs?
[01:08.84] He taught her how to hold a gun
[01:10.99] And to keep her hand steady while he bags the money
[01:14.17] Knock the dirty mattress down
[01:16.18] Hundred-dollar bills and they roll around
[01:18.79] Police are kickin' down the door
[01:21.20] She got tripped up and he takes off runnin'
[01:24.53] No, don't got no chance at life
[01:26.97] Not sure why she is fightin'
[01:29.56] No, no, parents or no rights
[01:31.96] So, so, hold back from cryin'
[01:35.71] Been fallin' in quicksand all her life
[01:38.44] Hopin' for a hand to pull her out
[01:41.22] She tryna leave this world behind
[01:43.97] But the ground is cavin'
[01:45.91] She don't got nobody like you do
[01:52.05] (Yeah, yeah)
[02:06.68] Beat down another night in juvie
[02:08.93] On her own again sayin', "I wish they'd shoot me"
[02:11.59] Still got no place to go
[02:13.95] No white picket fence she can call her home
[02:19.36] Been fallin' in quicksand all her life
[02:21.71] Hopin' for a hand to pull her out
[02:24.78] She tryna leave this world behind
[02:27.27] But the ground is cavin'
[02:28.99] She don't got nobody like you do (Yeah, yeah)
[02:39.61] She don't got nobody like you do (Yeah, yeah)
[02:50.20] (Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
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