[Intro: M.C. New York / 2Pac]
Yo this rhyme is dedicated to those ladies
How bad things were
Copyright 1987
Written By Tupac Shakur and Dana M. Smith
Thank you
[Verse 1: 2Pac & Slick D]
Babies having babies
Oh boy, it’s a shame
Society blames the mother
But she’s not to blame
Ayy yo babies having babies, it should be a crime
So me and D, got high and made it a rhyme
And if you don’t know what you’re doing
Then don't have sex, stop acting ill , take the pill
Or you’ll be next
[Chorus: 2Pac & Slick D]
Babies, having babies
Babies, 16, 17, having babies
[Verse 2: 2Pac & Slick D]
You know what th-th-this is a story that I must tell
'Cause it's the mother not the father that is going through hell
You know nothing of your body, you're in poor health
So if you love her, use rubber and protect yourself
Ladies listen to the rhyme and take it from me
These young boys can’t care for your baby
Now makin' love and havin' sex is not all in one
And makin' love is true and feelin', and sex that is none
I know you're a young lady, you don't understand
You don’t need to have a baby to keep your man
Listen close to this message that we are sendin'
Just start another requiem digest[?], beginning
Be protective of your mind, your body and soul
[?] baby, use birth control
Party people with the message that’s in our rhymes
And make babies, make a difference in these hard times
We’re not trying to mislead you, the message is right
It’s not a cabbage patch doll, this is your life
Ladies respect your body, and learn your worth
'Cause you’re the brightest light, or this is more [?]
Now you don’t really want a baby
You'll have time for that later
Take your time for a man
And the feeling with be greater
[Chorus]
Babies, having babies
Babies, 16, 17, having babies
It’s a shame
Slick D tell 'em
[Verse 3: Slick D & 2Pac]
Listen fellas, protect your ladies
Doesn’t mean you love her more
'Cause she’s having your baby
'Cause you’re born in the slum
Doesn’t mean you gotta stay
Gotta rise above it all and keep it that way
Society has a way of killing our hope
As a lady, expect it, I fell all-day
There's a new generation, leadin' the nation
We can’t do it on our own, we need participation
Babies having babies, who can you blame?
You don’t know how it started, damn it’s a shame
Were not trying to stir you wrong, so don’t act ill
But you better use a condom, 'cause AIDS can kill
Don’t have to be a homosexual, can be intellectual
Brotha use a rubber whenever you get sexual
Women should be thinkin', all the lives I create
Shouldn’t be left to a mess of a stupid mistake
I swear I get mad, whenever I hear
That a girl had a baby and the father don’t care
See for him it’s a trophy to put in his home
But for her it’s a life, she’s left up all alone
So fellas listen to the rhyme, 'cause you’re to blame
WHY? Babies having babies, damn it’s a shame
Shame, shame, shame, shame
Word! Shame shame, shame, shame
