Womanopoly-Musiq Soulchild

[00:26.22]Yo listen I met this girl on Baltic Ave [00:30.97]And you can tell how she steps on Boardwalk [00:33.47]She was from Park Place [00:34.77]I asked what she was doing on this side of town [00:37.98]She said she had some taxes to pay [00:40.25]I figured I'd take a chance and advance to go [00:43.32]And find out more about her [00:44.84]'Cause there's more to know than the ways she sways [00:47.53]And the way that she wears her clothes [00:49.79]Or the way that she plays this game so cold [00:53.17] [00:53.91]She said she came up rough [00:56.10]And the one income household was not enough [01:00.39]There be nights she'd go to sleep cold and hungry [01:03.17]'Cause her mom was always short on food and money [01:06.24]See people used to joke a lot [01:08.67]And tease her 'bout her clothes not bein' in style [01:13.00]Dressed in dingy skirts and dirty sneakers [01:15.87]From the finest second hand down on Oriental Ave [01:19.27]But now look at her she got this game on lock [01:25.60]Anything that she ever wanted now she got it [01:31.96]And I gotta say I'm so proud to see [01:37.87]That someone like her is in control womanopoly [01:43.81] [01:44.72]Once she graduated Jr High [01:47.09] [01:47.66]She started working overtime [01:49.91]Scrubbing floors or working on assembly lines [01:52.97]Just so she could help her mother out [01:55.42] [01:56.11]And after college they moved into Marvin's Garden [01:59.49]And she got a job working at the city water department [02:03.06]To save enough cash [02:03.94] [02:04.86]To move into Community Chest condos on Pennsylvania Ave [02:08.36] [02:09.64]She fell in love with this dude name Ray [02:11.82]Who was a small time hustler form St Charles' Place [02:15.14] [02:15.71]And he was known for always bein' in and out of trouble [02:18.97]But the problem was that he was never on her level [02:22.10]She argued with her mom about Ray's work [02:24.58]Till he got sent up state on the same say that she gave birth [02:28.50]But see the baby never made it [02:30.13] [02:30.68]It drove her nearly crazy and she couldn't take [02:32.18] [02:34.81]But now look at her she got this game on lock [02:41.40]Anything that she ever wanted now she got it [02:47.68]And I gotta say I'm so proud to see [02:53.83]That someone like her is in control womanopoly [02:59.76]Listen see where she came from [03:03.57]Many people find it hard just to hang on [03:06.35]You often find them in the same place complaining [03:08.92] [03:09.48]Instead of finding a better way of maintaining [03:12.58]She could have balled up and cry [03:14.85]Wish that she would die and just gave up on trying [03:18.64]Instead she grind from the bottom just to make it to the bottom [03:22.77]Now she's on top and she's flying [03:25.59]But now look at her she got this game on lock [03:31.95]Anything that she ever wanted [03:35.40] [03:36.47]Now she got it and I gotta say I'm so proud to see [03:43.92] [03:44.61]That someone like her is in control womanopoly [03:50.04] [03:50.70]But now look at her she got this game on lock [03:57.14]Anything that she ever wanted [04:01.08] [04:01.90]Now she got it and I gotta say I'm so proud to see [04:09.87]That someone like her is in control womanopoly