2Pac — Brendas Got a Baby

[Intro: Dave Hollister] Brenda's got a baby Brenda's got a baby [Verse: 2Pac] 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 really never knew her moms And her dad was a junkie, puttin' 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's gettin' bigger But no one seems to notice any change in her figure She's twelve years old and she's havin' a baby In love with a molester, who's sexin' her crazy And yet and all 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, bawlin' Mama can't help her, but it hurts to hear her callin' Brenda wants to run away Mama say "You makin' me lose pay There's social workers here every day" 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 gettin' robbed So now, what's next? It ain't nothin' left to sell So she sees sex as a way of leavin' hell It's payin' the rent, so she really can't complain Prostitute found slain, and Brenda's her name She's got a baby [Outro] Baby Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a baby? Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a baby? Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a baby? Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a baby? Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a baby? Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a— Don't you know she's got a baby?