2Pac’s “Brenda's Got a Baby”

[Dave Hollister] Brenda's got a baby I hear Brenda's got a baby But Brenda's barely got a brain A damn shame, the girl can hardly spell her name That's not our problem, that's up to Brenda's family Well let me show you how it affects our whole community Now Brenda never really knew her moms And her dad was a junkie putting death into his arms It's sad, cause I bet Brenda doesn't even know Just cause you're in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow But oh, that's a thought, my own revelation Do whatever it takes to resist the temptation Brenda got herself a boyfriend Her boyfriend was her cousin, now let's watch the joy end She tried to hide her pregnancy, from her family Who really didn't care to see, or give a damn if she Went out and had a church of kids As long as when the check came they got first dibs Now Brenda's belly is getting bigger But no one seems to notice any change in her figure She's twelve years old and she's having a baby In love with a molester, who's sexing her crazy And yet and she thinks that he'll be with her forever And dreams of a world where the two of them are together, whatever He left her and she had the baby solo She had it on the bathroom floor and didn't know so She didn't know, what to throw away and what to keep She wrapped the baby up and threw him in a trash heap I guess she thought she'd get away, wouldn't hear the cries She didn't realize how much the little baby had her eyes Now the baby's in the trash heap bawling Momma can't help her, but it hurts to hear her calling Brenda wants to run away Momma say, you making me lose pay The social workers here everyday Now Brenda's gotta make her own way Can't go to her family, they won't let her stay No money no babysitter, she couldn't keep a job She tried to sell crack but end up getting robbed So now what's next, there ain't nothing left to sell So she sees sex as a way of leaving hell It's paying the rent, so she really can't complain Prostitute, found slain and Brenda's her name, she's got a baby