It's Your Time (Domestic Violence)

Women are our most precious natural resource
Don't ever let a man tell you you ain't special
Never

Let it go, gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Let it go, you gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Girl likes boy but don't understand obsession
He puts up a front, but just wants a possession
For three months it's the best, she's happy as ever
But he's got plans, he's patient and he's clever
He snaps 'cause she forgot to call one night
Their very first fight, she's full of pain and fright
He swears on his life, he'll never do it again
And flips the situation around, now he moves in
He's hacking emails and screening her calls
Just when she gets up, he makes sure that she falls
He slowly isolates her from all of her friends
She works very hard but he takes all her ends
He's out every night, if she goes out she's a whore
It's to the point she stays home to avoid war
It's not about love, it's power and control
She's mixed up with a coward who ain't got no soul

Let it go, gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Let it go, you gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

She want to be happy, that was her goal
Now four years of her life have just been stole
Long sleeves in the summer, sunglasses in the winter
She's heartbroken, angry, she's trapped and she's bitter
He won't stop drinking and he's hooked on drugs
Him and his boys watch videos and swear that they're thugs
He's all amped up, he believes his own lies
But half of these dealers are just fiends in disguise
His motives are evil, he thinks he's a king
She gets the nerve to walk out, he brings up a ring
She thinks he might change, she knows she's a fool
He convinces her to try and she drops out of school
Now this is his house whatever he says goes
Everyone notices how her face never ever glows
She cuts herself, uses drugs she can find
She's depressed, suicidal, and she's losing her mind

Let it go, gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Let it go, you gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Now she's throwing up in the morning, thought it was the wine
Takes a pregnancy test and sees two pink lines
Now a glimmer in her eye, the love of her life
But reality creeps in and cuts just like a knife
He did the deed, messed with her birth control
His trap didn't work 'cause now she feels whole
She hits her knees in tears asks God for a sign
She's shopping and a girl notices bruises while in line
She gives her a hug and says I've been there too
There's a whole bunch of us and we're just like you
What you're missing in your life is support and self esteem
We'll stand by your side, we're all part of God's team
She finally figures out, that she can never fix him
Comes to her senses, and refuses to be a victim
Note and ring on the table, it don't say goodbye
I don't like the way it hurts and I don't love the way you lie

Let it go, gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Let it go, you gotta let it go
Keep living your life 'cause it's your time
Your time, your time, your time

Any of y'all can get away anytime that you want
Sometime the key to that locked door
Is in your hand the whole time and you just don't know it
No matter what it takes, protect yourself, protect your family