Letra Latonya de Paula Cole original

(didn't your mama tell you how to behave,girl?
Didn't your daddy tell you not to wear that little thing? )
Been told you never get something for nothing
My stepfather dickie say I just might get hit
If I don't give

The girls all shisper hind my back
They try to break me whith cruel attacks
The boys they want only one thing
And so I give it, don't complain

Daddys gone, mama lost her job
Our house aint a home no more
Still my faiths unshaken in god

I feel so lonely for hope and company
I don't take much and I give everything for free
(so, don't you want me? )

The girls all whisperhind by back
My baby brothers smoking crack
The boys they want only one thing
And so I give it, don't complain

Daddys gone, mama lost her job
Our house aint a home no more
Still my faiths unshaken in god

I dream I get a record deal
Ill buy a way out of here
Or maybe a new lexus jeep
Or just a friend (am I dreamin? am I dreamin? )
There's mr. roberts,juan and paul
All waiting for me down the hall
But then tomorrow they don't call
Still a moments better than none at all

Daddys gone (my name is la tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house aint a home no more (Ill be sixteen in august)
Since mama broke her soul (I like to sing in chorus)
Daddys gone (my name is la tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house aint a home no more (Ill be sixteen in august)

Still my faiths unshaken
Lord wont you please save me?
Is this the new slavery?
Here on the ghetto pavement?
But I believe in you baby
Yes, my faiths unshaken
In god