[00:17.08]All Alone (No One to Be With)
[00:20.48]As a youth, each Sunday, Dawn went to Church and
[00:23.28]Paid her respects and not to mention was a virgin.
[00:26.10]Kid pushed up, Dawn lettin him
[00:28.31]Since he made her laugh and all the other girls was sweatin him.
[00:31.32]Then things started to move without cause
[00:33.38]And a couple omonths later kids pushin for the drawers.
[00:36.23]Under pressure while exchangin glances
[00:38.59]Dawn finally gives in to the sexual advances.
[00:41.58]Although it was a mad high cost for her
[00:43.77]Cuz after the thrill was gone, so was the lust for her.
[00:46.49]Eventually he left her for another.
[00:48.82]Now feeling alone and betrayed by her lover
[00:51.30]She cried--for no longer knew which way she headed.
[00:54.00]Once dreamed of actually wearing white at her wedding
[00:56.45]And really being pure, now she thought shed die without.
[00:59.24]Still she finds strength to continue with her life without
[01:01.65]Love...
[01:03.87]Without love...
[01:06.09]Without love...
[01:08.79]Without love...
[01:11.84]Verse two of Dawns life--the second segment.
[01:14.33]What could be worse than to now find out youre pregnant?
[01:17.14]Poor Dawn couldnt sleep--laid awake
[01:19.13]Not ready for a child and plus her mothers gonna break.
[01:21.95]As she doesnt know how shes gonna bring up the subject,
[01:24.51]Consequences of being used as an object.
[01:27.42]In church though times runnin thin
[01:29.50]She decides to have the child because the doesnt want to sin.
[01:32.30]Props to the girl although it hit hard times;
[01:34.60]It was Hell finishin school and working part-time.
[01:37.38]Yet Dawn did it though her youth went to waste.
[01:39.71]Little help from the government, she got her own place.
[01:42.44]HARD for an indepentant woman and a kid
[01:44.79]And as soon as she could get off the assistance, she did.
[01:47.49]Without no man who she once thought shed die without
[01:50.04]Still she finds the strength to continue with her life without
[01:52.73]Love...
[01:54.85]Life without love...
[02:03.75]Life without love...
[02:05.57]Continue with her life without love...
[02:22.04]While Dawn worked two jobs tryin to meet ends,
[02:24.30]Her son was busy cuttin school and hangin with his friends.
[02:27.02]So when she got words she tried to slap out the taste in his mouth
[02:30.23]And explain how important education is.
[02:32.45]Under stress, she takes two Bufferin.
[02:34.73]Son now tired of seein his poor mother sufferin.
[02:37.35]Starts to sell drugs though the cops did a raid.
[02:39.74]Guess whos in the mix, and being legal age
[02:42.38]Could do time, please call her employer
[02:44.75]To inform her that her son is gonna need a lawyer.
[02:47.45]Never no good news, just more strife.
[02:49.88]Dawn barely havin enough time to live her own life.
[02:52.50]Heres the judges sentence, beggin and pleadin.
[02:55.11]Now spends nine hours on the bus to go and see him.
[02:57.61]Heres the judges sentence, beggin and pleadin.
[03:02.07]Now spends nine hours on the bus to goa nd see him.
[03:04.51]Without no man who she once thought shed die without
[03:07.16]Still she finds the strength to continue with her life without
[03:09.84]Love...
[03:12.14]Life without love...
[03:14.77]Life without love...
[03:17.20]Life without love...
[03:19.11]Continues life without love...