2005

Rediscovered this track I made years ago while poking around on my
machine.

Made with the acapella to the late Tupac Shakur's 1991 classic and a
snippet of the strings from "Fly Me To The Moon" from the credits to
the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Lyrics:

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 junky, putting 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 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 a molester who's sexing her crazy.
And yet/and also 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 and 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 bawling.
Mama can't help, but it hurts to hear him calling.
Brenda wants to run away. Mama say, "You makin' me lose pay,
And social workers here every day."
Now Brenda has got to 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 ended 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.