Old Girl/Shining Star - Slum Village, Melanie Rutherford

Old girl, remember that you’re a star

You shine, even when it seems afar

Remember who and what you are

Cuz girl, you are a shining star

This to ya single parent mothers

Raisin' the youth in the gutter

No phones, spendin' days

At the booth with ya numbers

Baby daddy left you

When ya stomach and your breasts grew

You thought that he was special

Only if you just knew

But you don’t need him, and it sucks

He ain’t leavin' extra bucks

When it’s freezing

Catch a bus, just to feed 'em

I know at times your situations seems pretty bad

It’s gonna get better, my golden treasure

Without you, sunshine it wouldn’t be no day

You just started shinin' my way

Now all my ladies say…

Yeah, I know it’s hard for you, yeah

Got ya moms kinda concerned

Didn’t trust him that much

He just delivered the sperm

Then he was out just like them color levis

Medium shirts, Mayn buckles, and Adidas

And through it all, she never threw it in your face

Had to work two jobs, get a smaller place

And she stayed in church, renewing her faith

Kept her head above the water

With just minimum wage

Trying to keep her boy about the hookers

Where she from, dog, it ain’t all good

All my mothers say…

Girl never let life get you down

With shaka, sit you down

It’s beef, face to face

When you leave basic faith

Just keep your head up high

It was once said to cry

It’s good to get it all out

You should get rid of all doubt

For you the truth, that I adore

And it’s really cuz

You never has your kids feel more poor

Than they really was

You worked your fingers to the bone

Just to keep the ringer on your phone

Lights and heat up in your home

Yeah

I hope you take it as inspiration

Don’t let situations, try your patience

It gets rough, but you’ll weather the storm

Always came with a hustle when the right was smores

So we wrote this song, just for you

Cuz it take a lot of guts just to do what you do

Most couldn’t understand or walk a mile in your shoes

Plus the love that I got, we appreciate you

All the ladies say… yeah

To the single parent mothers

Holdin dem bridge cause they gotta go to the laundromats on Sundays and drag

they kids with em

All the ladies say…(Bounce)

To the single ladies

We feel your pain

We got love for you