Bundle of Joy: Songs About Being a Mom

A cool playlist for mothers-to-be, like Kreayshawn.

Bundle of Joy: Songs About Being a Mom - Where's Kreayshawn been? We're not sure, but we know what the "Gucci Gucci" rapper has been doing. She recently announced she was pregnant, via an Instagram pic of her belly. We're not sure if we'll ever hear a new song from Kreayshawn, but regardless, we thought we'd welcome her to parenthood with this playlist of songs about being a mom. With Mother's Day right around the corner, the timing couldn't be better. (Photos from left to right: Anthony Harvey/PictureGroup, Kreayshawn/Intstagram)

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Bundle of Joy: Songs About Being a Mom - Where's Kreayshawn been? We're not sure, but we know what the "Gucci Gucci" rapper has been doing. She recently announced she was pregnant, via an Instagram pic of her belly. We're not sure if we'll ever hear a new song from Kreayshawn, but regardless, we thought we'd welcome her to parenthood with this playlist of songs about being a mom. With Mother's Day right around the corner, the timing couldn't be better. (Photos from left to right: Anthony Harvey/PictureGroup, Kreayshawn/Intstagram)

Lauryn Hill, "To Zion" - This touching song from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill reveals the rapper-singer's decision to have her first child, Zion, at the height of her career, contrary to the advice of many. "Everybody told me to be smart, 'Look at your career,' they said, 'Lauryn, baby use your head,' but instead I chose to use my heart," she sings. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Lauryn Hill, "To Zion" - This touching song from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill reveals the rapper-singer's decision to have her first child, Zion, at the height of her career, contrary to the advice of many. "Everybody told me to be smart, 'Look at your career,' they said, 'Lauryn, baby use your head,' but instead I chose to use my heart," she sings. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Erykah Badu, "Ye-Yo" - Badu dedicated this song, named after the Swahili word for mother, from her 1997 live album to her first-born. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Erykah Badu, "Ye-Yo" - Badu dedicated this song, named after the Swahili word for mother, from her 1997 live album to her first-born. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Regina Belle, "If I Could" - This touching 1993 ballad shows the undying love of a mother who wishes she could shiild her child from pain. "If I could, I would teach you all the things I never learned, and I'd help you cross the bridges that I burned, yes, I would," Belle sings. (Photo: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

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Regina Belle, "If I Could" - This touching 1993 ballad shows the undying love of a mother who wishes she could shiild her child from pain. "If I could, I would teach you all the things I never learned, and I'd help you cross the bridges that I burned, yes, I would," Belle sings. (Photo: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

Yolanda Adams: August 27 - The gospel singer and radio host looks great at 52. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET)

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Yolanda Adams - This 2001 song captures the joys of motherhood perfectly. "You're my little darling child, seeing you makes me smile," Adams sings. (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET)

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Yolanda Adams: August 27 - The gospel singer and radio host looks great at 52. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET)

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Yolanda Adams - This 2001 song captures the joys of motherhood perfectly. "You're my little darling child, seeing you makes me smile," Adams sings. (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET)

Alicia Keys, "Speechless" - On the first verse of this "freestyle," leaked online in 2010, Alicia sings about her son, Egypt, over a loop from Kanye West's "Devil in a Blue Dress." "Ain't no words to describe the way that I'm feeling, when I look at you." (Photo: Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)

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Alicia Keys, "Speechless" - On the first verse of this "freestyle," leaked online in 2010, Alicia sings about her son, Egypt, over a loop from Kanye West's "Devil in a Blue Dress." "Ain't no words to describe the way that I'm feeling, when I look at you." (Photo: Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)

Cheryl Pepsii Riley, "Thanks for My Child" - Brooklyn-born singer-actress Cheryl Pepsii Riley's standout 1988 hit is a single-mom's anthem. "I'll stay and watch you grow, yes I will, I'll raise you by myself, a one-woman show," she sings. (Photo: J. Vespa/WireImage for LIONSGATE)

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Cheryl Pepsii Riley, "Thanks for My Child" - Brooklyn-born singer-actress Cheryl Pepsii Riley's standout 1988 hit is a single-mom's anthem. "I'll stay and watch you grow, yes I will, I'll raise you by myself, a one-woman show," she sings. (Photo: J. Vespa/WireImage for LIONSGATE)

Madonna   - The pop music icon adopted son David (left) from Malawi in 2006 and Mercy (also from Malawi) in 2009.(Photo: Doug Meszler / WENN.com)

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Madonna, "My Little Star" - "God gave a present to me, made of flesh and bones, my life, my soul, you make my spirit whole," Madonna sings on this heart-warming 1998 song. (Photo: Doug Meszler / WENN.com)

Patti LaBelle, "You Are My Friend" - This soulful piano-driven song, from LaBelle's 1978 solo debut, is dedicated to her son Zuri Edwards. "The thought of you helps me carry on when I feel all hope is gone," she sings. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Patti LaBelle, "You Are My Friend" - This soulful piano-driven song, from LaBelle's 1978 solo debut, is dedicated to her son Zuri Edwards. "The thought of you helps me carry on when I feel all hope is gone," she sings. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Sade, "Babyfather" - This rich, reggae-infused 2010 ballad takes a different tack, with Sade reassuring her child that her father loves her. "Love grew a flower, a flower that is you, your daddy know you're a flame," she sings. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Multi-Tasking Mama - Kelis talks on her mobile phone while shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue with her son Knight hoisted on her hip in Beverly Hills, California. The avant garde songstress looks great with her new dark curly locks and blonde streak.(Photo: Michael Wright/WENN.com)

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Kelis, "Song for Baby" - This upbeat song from Kelis' slept-on 2010 album, Fleshtone, is an open letter to her son. "See, I never sugarcoat any life lessons for you, 'cause I wanna make you equipped for the best, and I can't always be here to rescue you when life gets crazy," she sings. (Photo: Michael Wright/WENN.com)