Uncle Montelly, yo may you please read us a story please?   Nah, I don?t feel much like telling a story today kid   Please, read us a story, I said, no kid   Please, read us a story, okay, here we go      Now listen to the words that I say   'Cause this type of song will take you back in the day   It all started back in Cali-from-I-A   Where the khakis hang low and gang bangers don?t play      Put on my drawers   Walked down the hall   Kissed my Apollonian poster on the wall   My first day of high school on my way      You need to eat your breakfast   Mom, I am late   Funky fresh, stepped into the school   And that?s when I saw her standing with this dude   Young, tender, sweet Denise      To take her on a date you need a $1000 at least   Plus, she?s used to dating dope dealers   Cats with felonies who tote heaters   You won't believe what?s in the 2nd verse   You better buckle up, it's 'bout to get worse      Can?t believe that that?s Denise   The one from high school with the dope body   But now she is out there going for broke   And all her dreams went up in smoke      Can?t believe that that?s Denise   The one from high school with the dope body   But now she is out there going for broke   And all her dreams went up in smoke      Two years later and things have changed   Hip hop evolved into a whole new game   NWA7's holding down my block   Denise graduated the school of hard knocks      She made a few connects, didn?t skip a beat   Got a little deeper hooked up on the street   And wherever they led her, she would follow   Now she rocks fashions like a runway model      Jewelry, Louis, Gucci and guess   Delivering more packages than UPS   From Miami to NY, sometimes to Rome   But niecy always seemed to make it back home      Now I am 18 and to my surprise   Niecy got babies by 2 different guys   And 'cause of dem kids, she ain't moving the same   She put herself out there, who?s to blame?      Can?t believe that that?s Denise   The one from high school with the dope body   But now she is out there going for broke   And all her dreams went up in smoke      She?s not a superwoman, nah   She is not that kind of girl   That you can lay down   And think that everything is okay      She?s only human, oh   This girl is always on the go   Hurt on occasional   Used by so many dudes      Aww, poor Denise, she?s out on the streets   But that?s not how I?ll end this story   You kind of got to use your imagination   To figure out Niecy?s situation      I?ll tell you this, it's not that great   She?s got an addiction that she just can't shake   From rags to riches, riches to rags   The story of Denise is so, so sad      Can?t believe that that?s Denise   The one from high school with the dope body   But now she is out there going for broke   And all her dreams went up in smoke      Can?t believe that that?s Denise   The one from high school with the dope body   But now she is out there going for broke   And all her dreams went up in smoke      Can?t believe that that?s Denise   The one from high school with the dope body   But now she is out there going for broke   And all her dreams went up in smoke