I hear Brenda’s got a baby
Well, Brenda’s hardly got a brain
A damn shame
The girl can hardly spell her name (That’s not her problem, that’s up to Brenda’s family)
Well let me show how it affects the whole community
Now Brenda never really knew her moms and her dad was a junky
Went in debt to his arms, it’s sad
‘Cause I bet Brenda doesn’t even know
Just ‘cause you’re in 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 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 is having a baby
In love with the molester who is sexing her crazy
And yet she thinks he’ll be with her forever
And dreams of a world with the two of them together, whatever
He left her and she had a baby solo, she had it on the bathroom floor
And she 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 heap
I guess she tough she’s get away, wouldn’t hear the cries
She didn’t realise how much the little baby had her eyes
Now the baby’s in the trash heap keep 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 worker’s 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 it ain’t nothing left to sell
So she sees sex as a way of living hell
It’s payin’ the rent so she can’t really complain
Prostitute, fair slang and Brenda’s her name, she’s got a baby
