Shining Star

<p>[Hook: Melanie Rutherford]<br/>Old girl, remember that you&#x27;re a star<br/>You shine, even when it seems afar<br/>Remember who and what you are<br/>Cuz girl, you are a shining star<br/><br/>[Verse 1: eLZhi]<br/>This to ya single parent mothers<br/>Raisin&#x27; the youth in the gutter<br/>No phones, spendin&#x27; days<br/>At the booth with ya numbers<br/>Baby daddy left you<br/>When ya stomach and your breasts grew<br/>You thought that he was special<br/>Only if you just knew<br/>But you don&#x27;t need him, and it sucks<br/>He ain&#x27;t leavin&#x27; extra bucks<br/>When it&#x27;s freezing<br/>Catch a bus, just to feed &#x27;em<br/>I know at times your situations seems pretty bad<br/>It&#x27;s gonna get better, my golden treasure<br/>Without you, sunshine it wouldn&#x27;t be no day<br/>You just started shinin&#x27; my way<br/>Now all my ladies say...<br/>[Hook: Melanie Rutherford]<br/><br/>[Verse 2: T3]<br/>Yeah, I know it&#x27;s hard for you, yeah<br/>Got ya moms kinda concerned<br/>Didn&#x27;t trust him that much<br/>He just delivered the sperm<br/>Then he was out just like them color levis<br/>Medium shirts, Mayn buckles, and Adidas<br/>And through it all, she never threw it in your face<br/>Had to work two jobs, get a smaller place<br/>And she stayed in church, renewing her faith<br/>Kept her head above the water<br/>With just minimum wage<br/>Trying to keep her boy about the hookers<br/>Where she from, dog, it ain&#x27;t all good<br/>All my mothers say...<br/><br/>[Hook: Melanie Rutherford]<br/><br/>[Verse 3: eLZhi]<br/>Girl never let life get you down<br/>With shaka, sit you down<br/>It&#x27;s beef, face to face<br/>When you leave basic faith<br/>Just keep your head up high<br/>It was once said to cry<br/>It&#x27;s good to get it all out<br/>You should get rid of all doubt<br/>For you the truth, that I adore<br/>And it&#x27;s really cuz<br/>You never has your kids feel more poor<br/>Than they really was<br/>You worked your fingers to the bone<br/>Just to keep the ringer on your phone<br/>Lights and heat up in your home<br/>Yeah<br/>[Verse 4: T3]<br/>I hope you take it as inspiration<br/>Don&#x27;t let situations, try your patience<br/>It gets rough, but you&#x27;ll weather the storm<br/>Always came with a hustle when the right was smores<br/>So we wrote this song, just for you<br/>Cuz it take a lot of guts just to do what you do<br/>Most couldn&#x27;t understand or walk a mile in your shoes<br/>Plus the love that I got, we appreciate you<br/><br/>[Hook: Melanie Rutherford]<br/><br/>[Outro: eLZhi]<br/>All the ladies say...yeah<br/>To the single parent mothers<br/>Holdin dem bridge cause they gotta go to the laundromats on Sundays and drag they kids with em<br/>All the ladies say...(Bounce)<br/>To the single ladies<br/>We feel your pain<br/>We got love for you<br/><br/>[Hook x2: Melanie Rutherford]