2Pac Brenda's Got A Baby: Part 1

A testament to how Tupac Shakur can explain the relevance of behind the severity of ignored controversy including family abuse, rape, child neglection, prostitution, and drug dealing, but all within the context of the ghetto/compton. The craziest thing is that Pac new the girl this video is about in real life. He grew up with her, and this video is a look at the tragic events that lead to her murder. The video is insanely realistic and brutally packed with honest imagery. I truthfully had no idea the severity of how things can so quickly escalate in these situations and how the main cause of that escalation is something America is more than good at, being ignorant. Also, there is a lack of cursing in this song, most likey to drive home the message of this song without people getting stuck on F-bombs and N****, a strong move for a man who’s message enhanced, and rhyme scheme seems to be balanced by those words.   

           

From the beginning of the song the message is clear, starting with the lyrics,

“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 ya how it affects the whole community”

               He wants to fully explain that it might not seem like small personal or family issues effect everyone. But they can and almost always to weather people are aware of it or not. It’s easy to say that’s not our problem, but that is always the easy way out you can always help someone out and they might need that help more than you think. The music video is in black and white the whole time, featuring 2Pac and his crew walking around Compton describing the tragedies happening on the streets they are walking, flashing in and out with shots of Brenda as a visual representation of what is happening in the song. 

I will get on to those tragedies in part 2…