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Brenda's Got A Baby

**Tuesday, 12th October**

Isn't it a beautiful day today? Hello everyone, how do you do. I hope you all are having the best day today. Over here, the sun is shining so bright and boy, am I glad! It's rained all through yesterday but it's not like I had any plans that involved going out. Anyway, I am glad it's sunny today, is all. Anyhoo, let's get right to it. So, I couldn't sleep last night (Ask me why?). Well, if you're wondering why as I suspect you are, I could only say I don't know. The thing is, most nights I stay up till daybreak I suppose. I'm sort of an insomniac. What I do when I find that I can't sleep are watch movies (obviously, duh), listen to music, chat or call, eat, or think myself to sleep, etc. Well, I do those things until I wear myself out and I'm exhausted, then I fall asleep.

My reason for pointing this out is because, I stayed up all night last night, I watched Mary Poppins Returns (hilarious, I know right!), then I saw Spell and also Kate, amazing movies by the way. I still was up after all that so I decided to listen to music, and that did the trick. So now, I can't get this one song out of my head. It's not as if I was hearing it for the first time last night, but I guess last night was the first time I actually listened to the song and was able to acknowledge the essence of it. The song is titled, **"Brenda's Got A Baby" by Tupac.**

Here's the lyrics of the song... ***"Brenda's (Brenda's)*** ***Got a (got a)*** ***Baby*** ***Say that one more time, Brenda*** ***Brenda's*** ***Got a (baby)*** ***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 ya how it affects the whole community*** ***Now Brenda really never 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 you're in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow (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 cheque 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 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 heap*** ***I guess she thought she'd 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 balling*** ***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 worker is 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 got a baby*** ***Baby...."*** **CONCLUSION:** The song was inspired based on a true story. This was the story of a real life 12 year old girl who got pregnant via her adult cousin. And just hours after giving birth, this young child threw her new born baby into the trash compactor. Sad, isn't it? I've got no words... *A/N: All things considered, this is somewhat an extreme example of the negative effects of teenage motherhood. Now, I'm realising the certain points Tupac was trying to pass across by releasing this song.*