As a Black girl in the system, I was taught to hate myself Raised in a black home, if you tote back, they grab the belt I was jumping house from house, you don't know how that made me felt Two years later grabbed the knife, I was ready to kill myself You don't know shit about my life, stop saying that you care Where was you at when he was touching me? None of y'all was there Where was you at when my mother died? None of y'all was there I used to have this spark in me, you see they took that glow in me Want me to tell you 'bout my life without you even knowing me? I'm facing this world on my own, I ain't afraid to be alone Mama died when I was twelve, ever since then I had to be grown Ain't no happy ending, ain't no happiness for me Told my uncle I want to rap, he told me that was just a dream And dreams don't come true for Black girls that look like me So, therapist, please tell me, what do you see when you look at me? Do you see a future or do you see a curse? I've been trying my best, I always seem to do my worst My family don't love me, my brother won't even hug me My sister been acting funny, it's like ain't nobody for me It's like the world is out to get me, it's like the world is out to get me