When she was 12, she was going to be a whore in two more years, meaning her life was already determined for her at that point. It's not clear that she was 14 when the singer slept with her, just that she was already a prostitute and at least 14. She could very well have been 18, or 14. People take the first line being written in the present tence as if she's 12 for the whole song, but its clearly a prologue of sorts to the rest of the song, showing she had no real choice in her circumstances. The singer is a scumbag for solicitating a prostitute, and knows it, but not necessarily, though possibly, for solicitating a young one. I don't think there's any evidence to say she's still 14 when he meets her.
When she was 12, she was going to be a whore in two more years, meaning her life was already determined for her at that point. It's not clear that she was 14 when the singer slept with her, just that she was already a prostitute and at least 14. She could very well have been 18, or 14. People take the first line being written in the present tence as if she's 12 for the whole song, but its clearly a prologue of sorts to the rest of the song, showing she had no real choice in her circumstances. The singer is a scumbag for solicitating a prostitute, and knows it, but not necessarily, though possibly, for solicitating a young one. I don't think there's any evidence to say she's still 14 when he meets her.