Song ideas/research

When we were first thinking about ideas for our track, we thought that Adele's ' Someone like you', particularly the piano intro, would be a good inspiration for our intro. When it comes to writing our lyrics, we were inspired by ' Runaway Love' by Ludacris and Mary.J.Blige. In this song, each of the three verses tells us an individual's story:


Now little Lisa's only nine years old
She's tryin' to figure out why the world is so cold
Why she's all alone and they never met her family
Momma's always gone and she never met her daddy

Part of her is missin' and nobody'll listen
Momma's on drugs, gettin' *** up in the kitchen
Bringin' home men at different hours of the night
Startin' with some laughs, usually endin' in a fight

Sneakin' in her room when her momma's knocked out
Tryin' to have his way and little Lisa says ouch
She tries to resist but then all he does is beat her
Tries to tell her mom but her momma don't believe her

Lisa's stuck up in a world on her own
Forced to think that Hell is a place called home
Nothin' else to do but get some clothes and pack
She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back

(chorus)


Little Nicole is only ten years old
She's steady tryin' to figure why the world is so cold
Why she's not pretty and nobody seems to like her
Alcoholic step-dad always wanna strike her

Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises
Teachers ask questions, she's makin' up excuses
Bleedin' on the inside, cryin' on the out
It's only one girl really knows what she's about

Her name is little Stacy and they become friends
Promise that they'll always be tight 'til the end
Until one day, lil' Stacy gets shot
A drive-by bullet went stray up on her block

Now Nicole's stuck up in a world on her own
Forced to think that Hell is a place called home
Nothin' else to do but get her clothes and pack
She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back

(chorus)
Little Erica is eleven years old
She's steady tryin' to figure why the world is so cold
So she pops *** to get rid of all the pain
Plus she's havin' sex with her boy who's sixteen

Emotions run deep as she thinks she's in love
So there's no protection, he's usin' no glove
Never thinkin' 'bout the consequences of her actions
Livin' for today and not tomorrow's satisfaction

The days go by and her belly gets big
The father bails out, he ain't ready for a kid
Knowin' her momma would blow it all out of proportion
Plus she lives poor, so no money for abortion

Erica is stuck up in a world on her own
Forced to think that Hell is a place called home
Nothin' else to do but get her clothes and pack
She says she 'bout to run away and never come back



Also, we want some of the verses to be spoken in a rhythmic way, so the singer isn't actually singing, instead they're sort of rapping. An example of this is Cassie's ' Long Way 2 Go': 








Here are some potential lyrics to our song (it's only a rough draft so it might change later) 


She loved him no matter what
Even though he would always cheat
but she knew that from her gut
and he was always acting sweet
till one day, she realised she had enough
and showed him the way to the door
life after was tough
but she'd get through it, she swore


Here is another passage:

I promise i'll change, baby - man's voice

I've heard it all before,

don't even try it

It's been weeks now you're still crying

and anyway, what we had wasn't love

I'm sorry to break it to you but you were

just a rebound that went on forever.

Im sorry - man's voice