Yeah. You know this is one of those
Songs that just touches your hearts
Were all breathing we all have
Feelings I was a little baby girl
Growing up in the hood where gang
Banging was official but I
Understood the way of life that
Some of us seen gang violence drug
Addicts and broken dreams
Confused on what to do, not
Thinking of the future distracted in
Class and cussing out my teacher
Fighting all the time disappointing
My parents cussing me out in
Spanish but I wasn't trying to hear it
I know they meant well they want
The best for me but I remained as the
Baddest kept on roaming the streets.
My sisters soon followed ended up
In the halls my dad all ashamed
Thinking I was the cause. My mom
Was in tears praying every day
Wondering where she failed for us
To turn out this way her daughters
Were bad and the family was talking
But that's the life we chose and
There was no stopping. That's how
Life goes you gotta live with the
Choices you make cuz that's how
Life goes we all make mistakes. as
The time went by things didn't
Improve situations we faced got us
Kicked out of school continuation
Came next with babies on the way
No support from the daddy's they
Were gone the next day that was the
First time that I've seen my father
Cry I felt so bad like I wanted to die
He blamed my mother for not
Watching us well but it wasn't her
Fault she was living in hell from that
Point on our lives just changed we
Had responsibilities with no one to
Blame collecting from the county
Just to make ends meet sometimes
I had a lot on mind I would lack
Sleep I kept my hopes up and build
Up my strength for a young brown
Chicana I had to watch my steps
This world was corrupted I was
Easily distracted temptations in life
Kept my bad ways active. That's
How life goes you gotta live with the
Choices you make cuz that's how
Life goes we all make mistakes even
Though life is hard just keep your
Head held high leave all of that
Behind you can always change and
Make it through hard times if you
Just stay strong you'll never go
Wrong just move on. Times were
Hard I kept my head up high I had
Rude awakenings that opened up
My eyes I had to do something with
My life cut off the back stabbers that
Wasted my time. Depended on
Myself made positive moves
Connected with the right people to
Lead the fools I got my family and
My solid ass friends they know who
They are much love to all of them.
That's how life goes you gotta live
With the choices you make cuz
That's how life goes we all make
Mistakes now here's a piece of my
Heart for all of you that can relate
And has lived a life that most of us
Have our life style emotions life
Itself