Story Behind The Song
LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS. AFTER ALL THEY HAVE WALKED BEFORE YOU IN LIFE.
Song Description
GENNIE WENT OUT IN THEWORLD TO BE SUCESSFULL AND LEARNED THAT THERE IS A CRUEL AND WISIOUS WORLD OUT THERE. SHE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE
| Song Length |
4:45 |
Genre |
R & B - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Energy, Cocaine |
| Similar Artists |
James Ingram, Kenny Rogers |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
GENNIE
1ST VERSE)......ONCE SO HAPPY GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A BAY.LIVED WITH HER MOM,DAD,BROTHER,TWO SISTERS WHO ALL WANTED HER TO STAY.BUT GENNIE HAD A MIND OF HER OWN,WAS SEVENTEEN AND THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS ALL GROWN.SHE THOUGHT SHE KNEW EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT THE BIG CITY.{BY WATCHING SOAPS AND SUBSCRIBING TO...... COSMOPOLITION...... MAGAZINE}
REFRAIN)................GENNIE DONT GENNIE DONT...... BABY WE CARE YOUR NOT READY FOR THE WORLD THATS OUT THERE. I CAN STILL HEAR HER MOTHER SAY, BUT WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.........SHE TURNED AND WAVED GOODBY.
2ND VERSE)...........I WAS A RAINNIE NIGHT WHEN SHE LEFT ON A GREYHOUND HEADED FOR LA. WITH THE MONEY SHE SAVE A DREAM AND A PRAYER THAT SHE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH THESE DAYS. BUT WHAT SHE FOUND WHEN SHE GOT THERE WAS DISSAPOINTMENTS AND DISPAIR. { THE CITY WAS TO BOLD,SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL, SLEEPING AROUND WITH THE YOUNG AND OLD, SOON DRUGS TOOK ITS TOLL............ GENNIE HAD TO SELL HER SOUL}
REFRAIN)................GENNIE DONT GENNIE DONT.... BABY WE CARE.... YOUR NOT READY FOR THE WORLD THATS OUT THERE. I CAN STILL HEAR HER MOTHER SAY, AND WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.........SHE TURNED AND WAVED GOODBY.
3RD VERSE)..........THREE WEEKS HAVE GONE BY SINCE GENNIE CALLED OR WROTE HER MAM AND DAD. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE WORRIED SICK,CAINT HELP BUT WONDER IF IT TURNED OUT BAD. HER PARENTS TOOK THE LATE FLIGHT TO LA, ONLY TO HEAR LA. DETECTIVE SAY { WERE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN, SHE'LL BE POSTED AS MISSING TODAY, ONE MORE KNOCH ON THE BIG CITY'S BELT, ONE MORE SUTISTIC, I JUST WISH WE HAD SOMETHING MORE POSITIVE TO SAY.}
REFRAIN)................GENNIE DONT GENNIE DONT... BABY WE CARE....... YOUR NOT READY FOR THE WORLD THATS OUT THERE. I CAN STILL HEAR HER MOTHER SAY, AND WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.........SHE TURNED AND WAVED GOODBY.
WRITTEN BY"
NATHANIEL AND PATRICK ELMORE