Mary Anne-Sarai/Black Coffey

[ti:Mary Anne (featuring Black Cof] [ar:Sarai] [al:The Original] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mary Anne - Sarai/Black Coffey [00:21.01]Bring it on back to the young days when things wasn't so hard [00:23.07]Playin kickball in the school yard [00:25.94]The year before kindergarten when memories started at the day care [00:29.62]All the Little kids used to play there [00:31.74]We had no worries just hated nap time but fingerpaintin' and playin' tag was fine [00:36.36]And we would all run around except for this girl [00:39.24]She stayed in the corner Yeah her name was Mary Anne [00:41.86]She missed half of the school days scince the year began [00:44.97]Never wore a shirt that showed more than her hands [00:46.84]She rockin' jeans & Long sleeves in like 90 degrees [00:49.10]You know lil' kids they treat her like she got a disease [00:52.12]Came in 1 day all her hair was gone [00:54.86]Said her mamma cut it off cause she did something wrong [00:56.85]Tears in her eyes when she finally said somethin [00:59.98]Usually she would get scared and wouldn't say nothin [01:02.80]Days that went by she had to cry wonder why did it happen to me [01:13.22]Day after day she slipped away wonder why did it happen to me [01:24.08]Elementary she got the seat next to me [01:26.20]Lucky i wasnt mean like the rest could be [01:29.47]She treated like an outcast wonder how long she could outlast [01:31.92]Bein alienated by the whole class [01:33.85]It was still touch and go with the whole school scenario [01:36.59]In for days out for weeks still scared to speak [01:39.77]I wonder if that one time she had tried to tell and the teacher shrugged her off like Oh Well [01:43.72]I wonder if that shut her down [01:45.61]Maybe she had no one to turn to [01:47.49]Maybe this little girl didnt know what to do [01:49.67]We had a project one week me and Mary Anne a team [01:52.66]So i invited her to my house for ice cream [01:54.78]She bangin on the door at the house invite her to sit on the couch [01:57.65]She looked me in the eyes [01:59.71]Mary Anne began to cry [02:02.83]I said what's wrong she said she wanted someone to tell her why [02:05.51]Days that went by she had to cry [02:12.50]Wonder why did it happen to me [02:15.75]Day after day she slipped away wonder why did it happen to me [02:26.67]After that incident she didnt really want to talk to me [02:29.29]I'd see her in the hall [02:30.72]Call out but she wouldn't walk with me [02:32.35]Junior high she got cover up caked up [02:34.34]You could see the bruises underneath the make - up [02:36.77]Stories to make up people askin question now [02:39.52]She breakin down but still no confessions now [02:42.27]She walk around dazed out lost in another land spaced out [02:45.84]And as days go by she grows more distant [02:49.09]Teachers barely aware of her existance [02:51.46]She in and out more out than in [02:53.46]And one day i'm in class [02:55.20]The ambulance pass screechin [02:56.14]Down by the artroom off to the right in the bathroom [03:00.32]They found Mary Anne on the floor [03:02.62]A bottle next to her [03:03.94]Said she took like 50 pills or more [03:05.81]And left a note that said she couldn't handle it no more [03:08.03]Days that went by she had to cry [03:15.21]Wonder why did it happen to me [03:18.00]Day after day she slipped away wonder why did it happen to me [03:29.14] [03:50.23]Days that went by she had to cry [03:57.11]Wonder why did it happen to me [04:00.42]Day after day she slipped away [04:07.46]Wonder why did it happen to me [04:10.77]Days that went by she had to cry [04:17.75]Wonder why did it happen to me [04:21.37]Day after day she slipped away [04:28.31]Wonder why did it happen to me