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)
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)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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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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