The alarm clock rung
  Momma woke her out the bed
  She's gettin' dressed for school
  Puttin' barrettes in her head
  An honor roll student real smart
  That's what they said
  Every morning when she left
  Mom would cook her grits and eggs
  Pops worked two jobs
  To bring in the bread
  Momma stayed in the kitchen
  And kept her well fed
  
  Now here she go
  Quick to meet her friends
  At the bus stop
  On the avenue
  That's when the old Cadillac dropped
  The man that was drivin'
  Snatched her up around 8 o'clock
  While her friends and the bus driver
  Waitin' down the block
  No one heard her screamin'
  He turned the bass up a notch
  She was tampered with
  Second floor in an abandoned spot
  No telephone around
  So she couldn't call the cops
  He threw her in the bathroom
  Made sure the door was locked
  All she was thinkin'
  "Why me?" and "Will it stop?"
  All she was thinkin'
  "Why me?" and "Will it stop?"
  It's a damn shame
  
  Chorus:
  Damn shame
  That someone
  That someone would want to mess with you
  And you just can't get them out your mind
  Try to replace bad times with smiles
  Let it out
  Out right now
  I know it's hard to talk about
  You gotta keep going on with your life
  Letting it out
  Don't you let it back away
  
  The school bell rung
  For the first hour of school
  Her teacher called her moms
  Cuz she thinks she's skippin' school
  But if only they knew
  What was really goin' on
  She's cryin' for your help
  While y'all talkin' on the phone
  The teacher's on the wrong subject
  Sayin' that she think she grown
  Somebody call the police
  Damn callin' up Tyrone
  So her mother filed a report on her own
  This is the description that she gave what was known
  
  Fifteen
  She was last seen
  Standin' on the corner
  Eatin' ice cream
  At the bus stop
  On 10th Street and Milly Ave.
  Just a few feet
  From the spot
  Where she stayed
  Cute mini skirt
  And french braids
  Hundred-ten pounds
  What she weighed
  5 foot 2
  Eyes blue-grey
  
  Chorus
  
  Now back to the abandoned spot
  Where she's tryin' to pick the lock
  So he threw her in his 'lac
  Ridin' with the doors locked
  Drove her through the woods
  That was right around the block
  Dropped her off at the hospital
  In the parking lot
  The school bell rung
  For the end of a class
  At the same time
  She was runnin' in the flash
  To go and call her mother
  But her mother isn't there
  And when she finally seen her
  Speculation filled the air
  Her momma don't believe her
  She's keeps callin' her tricks and whores
  Sayin' I told you 'bout them older men before
  Her father didn't neither
  Afraid to face the sticks and stones
  And now she's searchin' for the grace to carry on
  It's a damn shame
  
  Chorus
  
  Let it go
  Let it go
  I know it's hard
  But you should let it go
  Life goes on and you should know
  If you let it go
  Let it go
  
  Let it go
  You should let it go
  I know you'll make it
  If you let it go
  Life goes on and you should know
  Let it go
  Let it go
  Let it go
  Let it go
  I know it's hard
  But you should let it go
  Life goes on and you should know
  If you let it go
  Let it go