Womanopoly (Album Version)

Womanopoly (Album) - Musiq Soulchild

Yo listen I met this girl on Baltic Ave

And you can tell how she steps on Boardwalk

She was from Park Place

I asked what she was doing on this side of town

She said she had some taxes to pay

I figured I'd take a chance and advance to go

And find out more about her

'Cause there's more to know than the ways she sways

And the way that she wears her clothes

Or the way that she plays this game so cold

She said she came up rough

And the one income household was not enough

There be nights she'd go to sleep cold and hungry

'Cause her mom was always short on food and money

See people used to joke a lot

And tease her 'bout her clothes not bein' in style

Dressed in dingy skirts and dirty sneakers

From the finest second hand down on Oriental Ave

But now look at her she got this game on lock

Anything that she ever wanted now she got it

And I gotta say I'm so proud to see

That someone like her is in control womanopoly

Once she graduated Jr High

She started working overtime

Scrubbing floors or working on assembly lines

Just so she could help her mother out

And after college they moved into Marvin's Garden

And she got a job working at the city water department

To save enough cash

To move into Community Chest condos on Pennsylvania Ave

She fell in love with this dude name Ray

Who was a small time hustler form St Charles' Place

And he was known for always bein' in and out of trouble

But the problem was that he was never on her level

She argued with her mom about Ray's work

Till he got sent up state on the same say that she gave birth

But see the baby never made it

It drove her nearly crazy and she couldn't take

But now look at her she got this game on lock

Anything that she ever wanted now she got it

And I gotta say I'm so proud to see

That someone like her is in control womanopoly

Listen see where she came from

Many people find it hard just to hang on

You often find them in the same place complaining

Instead of finding a better way of maintaining

She could have balled up and cry

Wish that she would die and just gave up on trying

Instead she grind from the bottom just to make it to the bottom

Now she's on top and she's flying

But now look at her she got this game on lock

Anything that she ever wanted

Now she got it and I gotta say I'm so proud to see

That someone like her is in control womanopoly

But now look at her she got this game on lock

Anything that she ever wanted

Now she got it and I gotta say I'm so proud to see

That someone like her is in control womanopoly