Shattered Innocence

[Intro: K-Rino] May every child who goes astray Eventually find their way, one day Let's go [Verse 1: K-Rino] A happy man and wife, life worth while Married two years then they had their first child He was so excited though it was not a boy His little princess soon became his pride and joy Believed in family, that was his universe She was brought up knowing God, raised in the church She was sheltered by her father's safe ways Elementary school to middle school straight A's Couldn't tell it all this is just a summary Everybody talked about how great she's gonna be And she was on that path but no too far along Now she at school seeing things she never saw at home Class mates wild, starting trouble up The other girls wearing skirts, she was covered up Curious thoughts in mind she tryna walk the line But now she wondering what she been missing all this time [Hook x2: K-Rino] Once it's gone all you can do is reminisce Broken pieces of a young life shattered innocence Before and after, then and now no resemblance Hope and pray you never have to echo these sentiments [Verse 2: K-Rino] A change was happening slowly but who could tell Tired of following the rules, started to rebel She not the same girl her grades dropping off Talking back, attitudes, mouth popping off Her mama getting scared, what should we do then? She at the school running with a clique of new friends She they checked the room and saw a bigger threat Found some weed and a half a pack of cigarettes Tried to talk to her, she wasn't listening So daddy implemented some physical discipline Back to the old school, he put that belt on her No abuse but he left a couple of welts on her She told her home chick, "I need to move quick I done grew sick of this, my daddy too strict" Tripping from A to Z, that ain't the way to be Her friend said, "I got the remedy, come stay with me" [Hook x2] [Verse 3: K-Rino] Been out the house a month, her new life was deep She went from school everyday to maybe twice a week No more curfew now she can go wherever He friend's mama real cool they all smoke together Happy that she was free, no longer in solitude Wild and rude, having sex with a college dude That life didn't play around man, it took her early Seventeen but them drugs got her looking thirty But she so naive she don't regret her deeds Her parents feeling like they never should've let leave Now five months later the wounds are opened more Happened to run into her father in the grocery store Right at that moment then he saw his world end She said, "Daddy, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend" He wondered long as he painfully drove home "How could I do everything right and it still goes wrong" [Hook x2]