♪ 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 ya how it affects the whole community ♪
♪ Now Brenda never really knew her moms ♪
♪ And her dad was a junky, went in death to his arms ♪
♪ It's sad, cause I bet Brenda doesn't even know ♪
♪ Just 'cause your 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 didn't really 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 gettin' bigger ♪
♪ But no one seems to notice any change in her figure ♪
♪ She's 12 years old and she's having a baby ♪
♪ In love with the molester, who's sexing her crazy ♪
♪ And yet she thinks that he'll be with her forever ♪
♪ And dreams of a world with 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 the trash heep ♪
♪ 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 tha baby's in the trash heep balling ♪
♪ Momma can't help her, but it hurts to hear her calling ♪
♪ Brenda wants to run away ♪
♪ Momma say "You makin' 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 ♪