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Miss Maggie was way too young to understand,
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why she got thrown into someone else's hands,
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why she woke up to strange men,
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they tore her to pieces
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and she couldn't comprehend,
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why she was locked up in a basement,
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filled with men.
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Should've gone to school,
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instead she did them.
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Don't touch me,
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I'm fragile,
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I'm bitter in my heart.
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Mama sold me,
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for candy,
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and I was ruined from the start.
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Why'd you have to sell me to those mean old men?
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They cut me up in places
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I don't even understand.
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It's normalcy to me but,
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how will my friends understand?
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I'm five years old,
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sleepin' with a million men
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All grown up and her body has decayed,
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all those promiscuous games she had to play,
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she skipped the jungle, jungle-gym phase.
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She's tryin' to look at things in a bright way,
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sees the light peekin' through the end of the hallway,
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No, She's tryin' tryin' tryin' to escape
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I'm runnin'
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full force dear
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but it's hard when you're bones.
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I'm weak kneed but I'm flyin'
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out of this hell hole.
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Why'd you have to sell me to those mean old men?
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They cut me up in places
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I don't even understand.
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It's normalcy to me but
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how will my friends understand?
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I'm ten years old,
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runnin' from a million men
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A million men
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Finally, the light is comin' close,
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no turning back,
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run full force.
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Angels swoop down and grab me,
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and now I'm safe away,
C G
from the million men who raised me.
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Why'd you have to sell me to those mean old men?
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They cut me up in places
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I don't even understand.
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It's normalcy to me but,
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how will my boyfriend understand?
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I'm seventeen,
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with a history,
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of a million men
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Men
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A million men
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Men
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A million men,
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A million men,
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A million,
A million,
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men.
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A million men,
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A million men,
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A million,
A million,
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men.
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A million men...
Written by Melanie Martinez