Yo, I been waitin' on that child support for six months now and the man don't even know my name. That's how they play you — make you beg for your own baby's food. My sister got pregnant by a white guy from Ohio, he send money to her but not enough. Now she got laid off and the kid is hungry. She tell me to go get it. So what am I supposed to do? Steal back the money he already spent on her? That's what they want us to think — that's how they keep us in the gutter while they live big in their condos.
And don't get me started talkin' about welfare fraud. The government don't give a damn if your kid starves. They just want your social security number and your tax ID. I got three kids and I'm on food stamps. My ex-boyfriend makes $15 an hour at the factory and he won't send his money. What's that called? Neglect. And they don't put me in jail for it 'cause I'm black and they need me to work the streets.
Nigger, Negro, nigga — doesn't matter what you call yourself when you're broke. The only thing a ghetto mother got is her kids. And I'm passin' them down like hot potato.
And don't get me started talkin' about welfare fraud. The government don't give a damn if your kid starves. They just want your social security number and your tax ID. I got three kids and I'm on food stamps. My ex-boyfriend makes $15 an hour at the factory and he won't send his money. What's that called? Neglect. And they don't put me in jail for it 'cause I'm black and they need me to work the streets.
Nigger, Negro, nigga — doesn't matter what you call yourself when you're broke. The only thing a ghetto mother got is her kids. And I'm passin' them down like hot potato.