Tupac Shakur - Brenda's Got A Baby
История, рассказанная 2pac'ом двадцать лет назад, про девочку, которая выбрасывает ребенка от безысходности в мусорный бак, даже сейчас шокирует своей трагичностью и провокационностью...Композиция вышла в 1991 году отдельным синглом и вошла в первый альбом 2Pacalypse Now. Клип был снят специально в черно-белом варианте, чтобы отразить мрачность того времени.
В начале 90-х рэп-культура приходила в медиапространство, расталкивая мейнстрим жесткой провокационной правдой. О какой социальной революции может идти речь, если люди стоят в очередях за пособием, а девочка, родившая ребенка должна идти в проститутки, чтобы прокормить его? Как можно говорить о решении социальных проблем, если их решать никто не может? Точная социальная критика, пусть иногда и китчевая и неполиткорректная, действовала тогда отрезвляюще на общество. И тогда эти "вылазки" не были еще скрыты за золотыми цепями и модными лейблами... И сам Tupac еще не устраивал перестрелки со своим коллегами за "лишний" доллар от продаж.
Tupac Shakur "Brenda's Got a Baby"
Brenda's got a baby
Brenda's got a baby
I hear Brenda's got a baby
Well, Brenda's barely got a brain
A damn shame
The girl can hardly spell her name
(That's not her problem that's up to Brenfa'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's doesn't even know
Just cause your 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 boy friend was her cousin, now lets 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 12 years old and she is having a baby
In love with the molester who is sexing her crazy
And yet she thinks that 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 heep
I guess she tought she'd get away
Wouldn't hear the cries
She didn't realise
How much the little baby had her eyes
Now the babys in the trash heep keep balling
Momma can't help her, but it hurts ta hear her calling
Brenda wants to run away
Momma say, you making 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 it ain't nothing left to sell
So she sees sex as a way of living hell
It's paying the rent so she really can't complain
Prostitute, fair slang and Brenda's her name, she's got a baby
Baaaaaaby
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
В начале 90-х рэп-культура приходила в медиапространство, расталкивая мейнстрим жесткой провокационной правдой. О какой социальной революции может идти речь, если люди стоят в очередях за пособием, а девочка, родившая ребенка должна идти в проститутки, чтобы прокормить его? Как можно говорить о решении социальных проблем, если их решать никто не может? Точная социальная критика, пусть иногда и китчевая и неполиткорректная, действовала тогда отрезвляюще на общество. И тогда эти "вылазки" не были еще скрыты за золотыми цепями и модными лейблами... И сам Tupac еще не устраивал перестрелки со своим коллегами за "лишний" доллар от продаж.
Tupac Shakur "Brenda's Got a Baby"
Click to viewBrenda's got a baby
Brenda's got a baby
I hear Brenda's got a baby
Well, Brenda's barely got a brain
A damn shame
The girl can hardly spell her name
(That's not her problem that's up to Brenfa'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's doesn't even know
Just cause your 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 boy friend was her cousin, now lets 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 12 years old and she is having a baby
In love with the molester who is sexing her crazy
And yet she thinks that 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 heep
I guess she tought she'd get away
Wouldn't hear the cries
She didn't realise
How much the little baby had her eyes
Now the babys in the trash heep keep balling
Momma can't help her, but it hurts ta hear her calling
Brenda wants to run away
Momma say, you making 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 it ain't nothing left to sell
So she sees sex as a way of living hell
It's paying the rent so she really can't complain
Prostitute, fair slang and Brenda's her name, she's got a baby
Baaaaaaby
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)
(Dont'you know she's got a baby)