Riding the city bus

On the way to school

Me and my two sisters

And all the ridicule

The older girls on the back of the bus

Would laugh and call us names

They'd talk about our hair, our clothes

And call us homemade



See the not-so-good old days could make you

Weak or make you brave



[Chorus]

And I've never been

The most beautiful

No, I ain't never been

The most popular

But it's amazing what

Love can do

It's amazing what

A little love can do



Every thought and action

Is like a boomerang

What goes around will come back, baby

So careful what you say

And the little ugly ducklings

Are swans that got away

'Cause Cinderella stories,

They still happen every day



Well, the not-so-good old days could make you

Weak or make you brave



[Repeat Chorus]



See I bumped into a stanger

Just the other day

She said, "Can you spare a dollar, sista?

My man, he ain't got paid."

And so I gave her what I had

Then I recognized her face

She was the leader of the girls who used to

Call us homemade



Back when the not-so-good old days could make you

Weak or make you brave

And then I told her. . .



See I have never been (never been)

The most beautiful

And don't really care that I ain't never been (never been)

The most popular

'Cause it's amazing what

Love will do

Now hang on, it's amazing what

Homemade love, what homemade love will do



Yeah. . .

Mama said, "This is what homemade love would do". . .Thanks to thudord@yahoo.com