[Intro: Dave Hollister] ~#**************#~ Yeah ~#**************#~ Brendas got a baby ~#**************#~ Say it one more time, Brenda ~#**************#~ Brendas got a baby ~#**************#~ [Verse: 2Pac] ~#**************#~ I hear Brendas got a baby, but Brendas barely got a brain ~#**************#~ A damn shame, the girl can hardly spell her name ~#**************#~ “Thats not our problem, thats up to Brendas 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 ~#**************#~ Its sad, cause I bet Brenda doesnt even know ~#**************#~ Just cause youre in the ghetto doesnt mean you cant grow ~#**************#~ But oh, thats a thought, my own revelation ~#**************#~ Do whatever it takes to resist the temptation ~#**************#~ Brenda got herself a boyfriend ~#**************#~ Her boyfriend was her cousin, now lets watch the joy end ~#**************#~ She tried to hide her pregnancy, from her family ~#**************#~ Who really didnt 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 Brendas bellys gettin bigger ~#**************#~ But no one seems to notice any change in her figure ~#**************#~ Shes twelve years old and shes havin a baby ~#**************#~ In love with a molester, whos sexin her crazy ~#**************#~ And yet and all she thinks that hell 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 didnt know, so ~#**************#~ She didnt 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 shed get away, wouldnt hear the cries ~#**************#~ She didnt realize how much the little baby had her eyes ~#**************#~ Now the babys in the trash heap, bawlin ~#**************#~ Mama cant help her, but it hurts to hear her callin ~#**************#~ Brenda wants to run away ~#**************#~ Mama say “You makin me lose pay ~#**************#~ Theres social workers here every day” ~#**************#~ Now Brendas gotta make her own way ~#**************#~ Cant go to her family, they wont let her stay ~#**************#~ No money, no babysitter, she couldnt keep a job ~#**************#~ She tried to sell crack but end up gettin robbed ~#**************#~ So now, whats next? It aint nothin left to sell ~#**************#~ So she sees sex as a way of leavin hell ~#**************#~ Its payin the rent, so she really cant complain ~#**************#~ Prostitute found slain, and Brendas her name ~#**************#~ Shes got a baby ~#**************#~ [Outro] ~#**************#~ Baby (Oh, oh, oh yeah, yeah) ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a baby? (Shes got a baby) ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a baby? ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a baby? ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a baby? (Shes got no food to eat) ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a baby? (Yeah) ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a ~#**************#~ Dont you know shes got a baby?