Evan GreerAdderall Song Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana

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A catchy acoustic punk tune about the pharmaceutical industry, and our society as a whole. Lyrics and music by Evan Greer. Drums - Ben Lucal, Harmony Vocals - Mimi LaValley, Bass - Jory Leanza-Carey.

I was prescribed Adderall for "ADHD" when I was eight years old. When I finally quit taking the pills, I started to ask some serious questions about the companies that make these drugs and the systems that push them on young people around the world. As with all of my music, I try to use this song to connect with others who have similar experiences in the hopes of building both community and movements for justice and liberation.

mrs greer your son acts up in class he asks the questions that you're not supposed to ask mr. greer, it's pretty plain to see your son has got adhd and the doctors say he needs 30 milligrams of amphetamines (go!) when i turned eight years old they put me on the pills one to focus me at school help me follow all the rules and one to keep my tears away cuz little boys should never cry one to help me through my day one to help me sleep at night and i had so few memories of what it was like before that i took those damn pills everyday since 1994 now i recognize the system i see what they're really for i'm not giving you my money i won't take them anymore i was in the dead center of the country when i popped my final pill i sold the rest of the bottle to some kids from chicago then turned toward something new and for the first time in my life i felt at peace with who i was i couldn't wait to share the new world out there with all the people that i loved and i had so few memories of what it was like before the first week i went without them felt like i had been reborn now i recognize the system i see what they're really for i'm not giving you my money i won't take them anymore that's when i got to thinking about this society and how there's something wrong when a kid so young's put on amphetamines at first i blamed my parents then the doctors then the schools but if you wanna fight back look higher than that at the filthy frat cat with the big contract at those puppy killing labs the results come back taking science fiction and calling it fact and if it screws you up they don't give a crap cuz they can still drive home in their cadillacs making money off a game where the decks are stacked and if that's not enough it's bigger than that that's just one of this system's many attacks on you so what are we gonna do? and do i have so few memories of what it was like before that i can write this song with smoke in my lungs and a bottle on the floor? now i recognize those systems i see what they're really for i'm not giving you my money i won't buy it anymore x

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