Brenda 's got a baby - wikipedia Brenda 's got a baby This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2014 ) `` Brenda 's Got a Baby '' Single by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now Released October 20, 1991 Format 12 '' single Recorded 1991 Genre Hip hop Length 3 : 55 Label Interscope Songwriter ( s ) T. Shakur D. Evans Producer ( s ) Deion `` Big D '' Evans The Underground Railroad 2Pac singles chronology `` Brenda 's Got a Baby '' ( 1991 ) `` If My Homie Calls '' ( 1991 ) Audio sample file help Music video `` Brenda 's Got a Baby '' on YouTube `` Brenda 's Got a Baby '' is the solo debut single by Tupac Shakur, and tenth track from his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now. The song, which features R&B singer Dave Hollister, is about a 12 - year - old girl named Brenda who lives in a ghetto and has a baby she ca n't support. The song explores the issue of teen pregnancy and its effect on young mothers and their families. Like many of Shakur 's songs, `` Brenda 's Got a Baby '' draws from the plight of the impoverished. Using Brenda to represent young mothers in general, Shakur criticises the low level of support from the baby 's father, the government, and society in general. Shakur wrote the song when he read a newspaper article about a 12 - year - old girl who became pregnant from her cousin and threw the baby into a trash compactor. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Music video 3 Charts 4 References Lyrics The opening consists of a duet singing the song 's title twice. Much of the rest of the song is one long verse performed by Tupac. The verse begins with Tupac telling a group that he has heard about Brenda 's pregnancy. He also notes that she has had virtually no education, and calls this a `` damn shame '' because she has little hope of a future. Her family is very poor and her father is a drug addict. Brenda is impregnated by her unnamed boyfriend, who is also her cousin, but she is successfully able to hide her pregnancy. Tupac explains that her family would n't care if she gave birth, as long as they got their cut of the government assistance. Although she believes that her cousin ( her baby 's father ) will stay with her and help her raise their child, he is merely a molester, and abandons her before she gives birth on the bathroom floor. She throws the baby into a trash bin but later retrieves it when she hears it crying. Her mother scolds her severely, and Brenda becomes so ashamed of herself that she runs away from home. Brenda is now forced to live alone, and unsuccessfully seeks employment. Her attempt to sell crack cocaine results in robbery, and eventually she views prostitution as her only way to earn money and survive. This life path leads to her getting murdered. The fates of her parents, her cousin, and the baby are left unexplained. The song 's final minute consists of a chorus singing `` Do n't you know she 's got a baby ? '' repeatedly. The beginning of the song can be heard in The Game 's song `` Street Riders '' 2Pac has another song which he made late in his career which deals with this same subject called `` Mama 's Just a Little Girl ''. The song can be found on his fourth posthumous studio album Better Dayz. Music video The video of the song is in black - and - white. It was made to visualize what Shakur narrates. The first part shows Shakur and `` Brenda '' and then the actual story starts. Ethel `` Edy '' Proctor portrays Brenda. The video begins with `` based on a true story, '' although the characters themselves are fictitious, Shakur wrote the song after reading a story in the newspaper of a 12 - year - old girl getting pregnant by her cousin and trying to dispose of the baby in a trash can. Parts of the video were included in Tupac : Resurrection, a 2003 documentary on 2Pac 's life, in a television show later in the music video of `` Ghetto Gospel '', in the music video of `` Changes '' and appears as a bonus in its entirety on the film 's DVD. Part of the video and song was played in 2Pac 's biopic film, All Eyez on Me, released on June 16, 2017. The video was directed by the Hughes brothers. Charts Chart ( 1991 ) Peak position US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) 7 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 23 References Jump up ^ Hedges, Chris ( March 29, 1991 ). `` A Child - Mother in the Jaws of New York ''. NYTimes.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 2Pac Chart History ( Hot Rap Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2018. Jump up ^ `` 2Pac Chart History ( Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2018. Tupac Shakur Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death Studio albums 2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.... Thug Life : Volume 1 Me Against the World All Eyez on Me The Don Killuminati : The 7 Day Theory Posthumous albums RU Still Down ? ( Remember Me ) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac 's Life Live albums 2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues Compilation albums Greatest Hits The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Prophet : The Best of the Works Nu - Mixx Klazzics Tupac : Resurrection The Rose, Vol. 2 The Prophet Returns Beginnings : The Lost Tapes 1988 -- 1991 Nu - Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 Best of 2Pac Related albums Nothing but Trouble ( soundtrack ) Sons of the P Juice ( soundtrack ) Poetic Justice ( soundtrack ) Above the Rim ( soundtrack ) Gridlock 'd ( soundtrack ) Gang Related ( soundtrack ) A 2Pac Tribute : Dare 2 Struggle Extended plays Makaveli & Dillinger Do n't Go 2 Sleep Singles `` Brenda 's Got a Baby '' `` If My Homie Calls '' `` Trapped '' `` Holler If Ya Hear Me '' `` I Get Around '' `` Keep Ya Head Up '' `` Papa'z Song '' `` Cradle to the Grave '' `` Dear Mama '' `` So Many Tears '' `` Temptations '' `` California Love '' `` 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted '' `` How Do U Want It '' `` All Bout U '' `` I Ai n't Mad at Cha '' `` Life Goes On '' `` Toss It Up '' `` To Live & Die in LA '' `` Hail Mary '' `` Wanted Dead or Alive '' `` Made Niggaz '' Posthumous singles `` I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto '' `` Do for Love '' `` Changes '' `` Unconditional Love '' `` Baby Do n't Cry ( Keep Ya Head Up II ) '' `` Who Do U Believe In '' `` Until the End of Time '' `` Letter 2 My Unborn '' `` Thugz Mansion '' `` Still Ballin ' '' `` Runnin ' ( Dying to Live ) '' `` One Day at a Time ( Em 's Version ) '' `` Thugs Get Lonely Too '' `` Ghetto Gospel '' `` Untouchable '' `` Pac 's Life '' `` Playa Cardz Right '' Other songs `` I Do n't Give a Fuck '' `` Runnin ' ( From tha Police ) '' `` Hit ' Em Up '' `` Are U Still Down '' `` Panther Power '' Featured singles `` Smile '' `` Playa Cardz Right '' Books The Rose That Grew from Concrete Stage Holler If Ya Hear Me Filmography Nothing but Trouble Juice Poetic Justice Above the Rim Bullet Gridlock 'd Gang Related Documentaries Biggie & Tupac Tupac : Resurrection Tupac : Assassination Outlawz Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble Related articles Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur East Coast - West Coast hip hop rivalry Makaveli Branded Clothing Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Billy Garland Kadafi All Eyez on Me Unsolved : The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. 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Question: who played the girl in brenda's got a baby video
Answer: Ethel "Edy" Proctor