Yeah Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Brenda's (Brenda) got a (got a) baby (say it one more time: Brenda) Brenda's (yeah) got a baby (oh) 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 (yeah) And her dad was a junkie, puttin' 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 (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 (oh, yeah) Went out and had a church of kids As long as when the check came, they got first dibs (ooh) Now Brenda's belly's gettin' bigger But no one seems to notice any change in her figure She's twelve years old and she's havin' a baby In love with a molester who's sexin' her crazy And yet and all she 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, 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, bawlin' Mama can't help her, but it hurts to hear her callin' Brenda wants to run away Mama say: You makin' me lose pay There's social workers here every day (oh, yeah) Now Brenda's gotta make her own way Can't go to her family, they won't let her stay (oh, yeah) No money, no babysitter, she couldn't keep a job (oh, yeah) She tried to sell crack but end up gettin' robbed (oh, yeah) So now, what's next? It ain't nothin' left to sell So she sees sex as a way of leavin' hell (oh, yeah) It's payin' the rent, so she really can't complain Prostitute found slain And Brenda's her name She's got a baby Baby (oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah) Don't you know she's got a (don't you know?) Don't you know she's got a (don't you know?) Don't you know she's got a baby? (She's got a baby) (baby) Don't you know she's got a (don't you know?) Don't you know she's got a (yes, she) Don't you know she's got a baby? (Don't you know she's got a a baby?) Don't you know she's got a (I know, I know, I know) Don't you know she's got a (I know) Don't you know she's got a baby? (I know, know, know, know, know) Don't you know she's got a (I know, know) Don't you know she's got a (know, know, know) Don't you know she's got a baby? (She's got no food to eat) Don't you know she's got a (no place to sleep) Don't you know she's got a (no, anything, [?]) Don't you know she's got a baby? [?] (Yeah) Don't you know she's got a (she's got a baby) Don't you know she's got a (she's got a baby) Don't you know she's got a baby? (Ooh)