Do What You Gotta Do Lyrics - Just In The Nik Of Time - Nik West

Verse 1: 

She was a - little girl 

living in a bad dream 

She's going through hell in her water 

she's only thirteen 

Said her mama's a drugged - 

and her papa is gone 

So it's not her fault 

No one to love her - She's all alone 

Verse 2: 

She sits on a corner - 

during school hours 

tryna sell out her body 

Just twenty bucks for an hour 

Can't tell her what to do 

Gotta whole lot of attitude 

An angel came down to her and said: 

"Girl can I talk to you?" 

Chorus- 

Little girl you can change these things 

You are a diva in your own right 

Yes you are a queen 

May be no bad things about you 

But your only thirteen 

You got your whole life ahead of you 

Get up fulfill your destiny 

Little girl - 

Little girl hold your head up high 

Even though you get discouraged 

Girl you still gotta try 

Not for your mama, your daddy 

But only for you, Girl 

all I'm tryna tell you is - 

Do what you gotta do 

Verse 3: 

Change your mind 

There (girl) ain't no time - to waste 

You gotta do it now or else 

you will find - yourself 

Right here on the street losing your mind 

To the way of the world - MY GIRL 

Let's leave this all behind 

Verse 4: 

We all go through problems 

Some worse than yours 

I suggest you count your blessings 

Or there may be no more 

Said your future is so bright 

All you gotta do is get it right 

In your mind - than you'll find - A WAY 

I'll tell you one more time 

Chorus- 

Little girl you can change these things 

You are a diva in your own right 

Yes you are a queen 

May be no bad things about you 

But your only thirteen 

You got your whole life ahead of you 

Get up fulfill your destiny 

Oh little girl - 

Little girl hold your head up high 

Even though you get discouraged 

Girl you still gotta try 

Not for your mama, your daddy 

But only for you, Girl 

all I'm tryna tell you is - 

Do what you gotta do 

Bridge: 

I know - people have done you some wrong 

And I know that you spent your life on your own 

Let me tell you that todays a day to find another way 

(There's a way out, You don't have to fight another day) 

Just forget about your present day 

(Let's fly away) 

That today can be a yesterday - Ooohh 

Chorus- 

Little girl you can change these things 

You are a diva in your own right 

Yes you are a queen 

May be no bad things about you 

But your only thirteen 

You got your whole life ahead of you 

Get up fulfill your destiny 

Oh little girl - 

Little girl hold your head up high 

Even though you get discouraged 

Girl you still gotta try 

Not for your mama, your daddy 

But only for you, Girl 

all I'm tryna tell you is - 

Do what you gotta do 

(Do what you gotta do, I said do what you gotta do) 

(Do what you gotta do, I said do what you gotta do) 

(Do what you gotta do, I said do what you gotta do) 

Little girl hold your head up high 

Even though you get discouraged 

Girl you still gotta try 

Not for your mama, your daddy 

But only for you, Girl 

all I'm tryna tell you is - 

Do what you gotta do