<P> 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 the other characters, such as her parents, her cousin, and the baby, are left unexplained . The final minute or so of the song consists of a chorus singing "don't you know she's got a baby" repeatedly . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 is the leading lady in the video . </P> <P> 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 twelve - year - old girl getting pregnant from her cousin and trying to dispose of the baby in a trash can . </P>

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