Written by natalie (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) up wasn't easy for annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A little girl in a big world mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one about her past Some 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 through an empty shell And all the she's catching hell She was (growing up much too fast) up much too Does anybody know is annie mae today Where oh where is mae All you got to do is look into the of All the girls On the avenue--(young girls!) Oh, well, (hoo, hoo, hoo) ha In the hear her cry, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and pain keeps coming And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and is blowin' her mind Tryin' to decide if she'll make it time She was (growing up) oh, (much too fast) She was (growing up too fast) got to stop 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', she's 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, mae, yeah (she's running) where you goin' (she's runnin') don't you think somebody aught to you (she's runnin') somebody aught to you (she's runnin') you think I'm gonna try to stop you