"Birthing Addicts" is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez. It was first uploaded to her YouTube channel on January 16th, 2012, however it was later privated. It has been performed live multiple times.
Theme
This song is about mothers not caring for their kids as much as they had used to, along with them smoking and having a bad lifestyle. This creates problems in the lives of the children. The song was made for an extra credit assignment in school.
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Lyrics
Pupils begin to observe
Watching the waste on this earth
Mamas don't love their kids like they used to
Letting them smoke their herbs
Nails bitten down to the nub
Palms out as far as they run
Soup never reaches its boil
Dinner ain't the only thing they spoiled
Let the maggots and worms infest your brains
Got your memory of all timers begins
Let that hell of a drug emerge in your veins
And I will claim that I love you
And I am the one who birthed you
Skin tearin' down to the bone
Freckles fall off as they're told
You realize soon your identity changes
No longer the person you were
No longer the person that you adore
Let the maggots and worms infest your brains
Got your memory of all timers begins
Let that hell of a drug emerge in your veins
And I will claim that I love you
And I am the one who birthed you
Thank you mama
For all you've done
Gave me cancer
And thick black lungs
Left me rotting
On the street
Rather shoot up
Than have food to eat
Let the maggots and worms infest your brains
Got your memory of all timers begins
Let that hell of a drug emerge in your veins
And I will claim that I love you
And I am the one who birthed you
And I am the one who birthed you
Do, do, do do do, do, do
Do, do, do do do, do, do
Mamas don't love their kids like they used to
Letting them smoke their herbs
Trivia
- This song is based off of Melanie's favorite book, Go Ask Alice.
- This song is confirmed on her BMI page.
- Melanie wrote this for a school project, and she got an A.
- This song was planned to be on the Unreleased Acoustic EP before it was scrapped.
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