I knew a girl from around my way I used to kick it with her almost every day She lived in a corner on a backlot Every night she's awaken by the gunshots I never saw her mother, I always wondered Who was in the back room, and did they love her? Because it seems to me, she was on her own She was deep in the streets like Oh, oh, oh She don't know So we started hanging out in the nightlight Makin' money, most of it don't feel right If my mother knew my danger it would kill her So I kept my tears buried in my pillow What my life used to be now it's faded All because a little girl was jaded She'll know if she believes it (she don't know) All she knows is what she believes (she don't know) Searching hard to find the answers (she don't know) While she's out there in the streets (she don't know) Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh But you look in the mirror to see That this wasn't a dream only reality Surprise to see the woman in the mirror was me Oh, oh, oh (she's a reflection of me) Oh, oh, oh (the reflection of me) Now the masquerade is over All the girls they came to save her She found out what she believed in It was her who she believed in Now the masquerade is over All the girls they came to save her She found out what she believed in It was her who she believed in Oh, oh, oh