The Tragic Forgotten Tale That Inspired Tupac’s “Brenda’s Got A Baby”
It Gets Worse
The song gets darker, as we’re introduced to another character who comes into Brenda’s life, her cousin. Groomed and used by her blood, the little girl thought he was going to be standing by her through the ordeal but he abandoned their relationship without remorse.
This was a familiar story for most kids growing up in the ghettos. According to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Series 21, No. 53, “The most recent phase of rapid annual increases began in 1978 and continued through 1991. During these 13 years, the nonmarital birth rate for teens jumped 80 percent, to 44.8 per 1,000. The rate declined slightly in 1992 to 44.6.”
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