Written by natalie (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) Growing up wasn't easy for mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A little in a great big world mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one knew her past people swore she'd never last She was (growing up too fast) (hoo, hoo, hoo) Just a little too (hoo, hoo, hoo) had her a mama, no, no mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Rarely heard a kind spoken mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at life through an shell And all the time she's catching She was (growing up too fast) up much too fast Does know where is annie mae today Where oh is annie mae All you got to do is into the faces of All the girls On the avenue--(young girls!) Oh, well, (hoo, hoo, hoo) ha In the night hear her cry, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and runnin' is her mind to decide if she'll make it this time She was (growing up) oh, (much too fast) She was (growing up too fast) Somebody got to her, oh annie, annie (ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is mae) Annie, (ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is mae) Got to her, oh, annie, annie, (ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is mae) Annie, She's runnin', runnin' up too fast, oh, oh (she's running') oh, oh up too fast, oh, oh (she's runnin') oh, oh up too fast, oh, hey (she's runnin') annie, annie mae, (she's running) you goin' annie (she's runnin') don't you think aught to stop you (she's runnin') aught to stop you (she's runnin') don't you I'm gonna try to stop you