Untaken Advice - 2002

She can't remember a woman who gave her ever so great advice Instead of taking it, she risked her life on a dice She told her how to respect and love herself in her youth She didn't tell her what to do; it was her decision to choose She warned her of dangers of the streets and drugs She warned her not to go past kisses and hugs She didn't listen; she hit the road and tried some smack And on and on it went, and there was no coming back She then got sick from an angry man who raped it her She lost her mind, she was crashing, but too late to get clean. And the young woman died from the sickness at only nineteen The woman heard about the her death and thought it was a dream If only she had taken a thought to the wise woman's words She could have been saved if she had listened to what she heard