Every Little Girl Lyrics - Up Close & Personal - Angie Martinez

Yo yo Angie, come downstairs, the pub is open 

Hurry up ma, put your socks, put your slippers on 

C'mon ma, hurry 

I started in Brooklyn, comin' up in the game 

Everybody has a story, mine wasn't the same 

Angela, delinquent, I thought I was grown 

I went through a lot of things way before I was known 

See my mom, she never knew I would make it all start 

She was through with the bad grades, late nights in the park 

'Causin' my mom pain, my life was in the dirt 

I played hooky all day while she was hard at work 

Sorry ma, know it was hard and my pops was a jerk 

She packed her shit and got us out of there before it got worse 

Moved the fam to Miami in hopes of changin' my ways 

A big portion of my mind still remained in a daze 

It wasn't 'til we came back, my life matured 

Success would be the only thing that I was fightin' for 

I was determined to get there and keep it hot 

Since that day my only goal was to reach the top 

To every little girl on every block 

That's comin' of age, tryin' to reach the top 

I said, no matter who you are, you can reach the stars 

But never forget, how fragile you are, 'cause a girl is fragile 

It's crazy when I think back, sometimes I have to cry 

'Cause when you young, you don't see how life can pass you by 

You don't even really care if you gonna starve or not 

This go back to ninety three when I got the job at hot 

I used to answer the phones for Flex, do overnight spurts 

Back then I was like, "Hey who knows? It might work" 

I wasn't satisfied but it would just begin 

'Cause in ninety five, I was every day six to ten 

I put in a lot of work so I could bring in my listeners 

I secured a fan base, although some of them dissed us 

I was new at my thang, but I was doin' my thang 

And I would never let nobody try to ruin my thang 

But of course, there were people couldn't stand where I was 

'Cause although I'm a woman, I was a man where I was 

Through the heat kept it movin', throw the haters a smile 

What would they do if they knew my heart was fragile? 

To every little girl on every block 

That's comin' of age, tryin' to reach the top 

I said, no matter who you are, you can reach the stars 

But never forget, how fragile you are, 'cause a girl is fragile 

Angela, Angela, Angela, Angela 

Overall it's a rough business, it could stop even you 

There's people that's gonna say things that's not even true 

Like the one about me not bein' down for my women 

And I hated the lesbian rumors that went around for a minute 

How about the one that goes, "Yeah, she goes with him 

He bought her the car, the ice, the clothes and rims" 

And I'm sure you all heard she caught one dead in the face 

And it'd been different if she said what she said to my face 

As for men who knows where my story will start 

I went through a relationship that nearly tore me apart 

So I'm chillin' for now, it's all about me for the moment 

'Cause there's things that I wouldn't allow 

But I'ma be aight though, keep comin' with tight flow 

Try to stay on the low while I'm watchin' your hype grow 

Playin' the role like nobody can cramp your style 

But I know, like you know, that you're fragile 

To every little girl, on every block 

That's comin' of age tryin' to reach the top 

I said, no matter who you are, you can reach the stars 

But never forget, how fragile you are, 'cause a girl is fragile 

Angela, Angela, Angela, Angela 

Angela, Angela, Angela, Angela