It Was Me Lyrics

I dropped the H-bomb

Took all those people by surprise

Suddenly and without warning, vanquished all their lives

Well, I clear-cut the Amazon

Pushed all those tribal peoples out

Replaced all that ancient vegetation

With soya beans and cows

It was me

You should be angry at

It was me

This whole time

I fueled the slave trade

I need more tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold

How else would these cell phones and TVs be made and sold

I dumped the plastic in the sea

Eight million tons or so per year

Where else was that shit supposed to go

Certainly not here

It was me

You should be angry at

It was me

This whole time

(Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this information and for holding this space today

I am going to unequivocally accept everything you've just told me as fact

Proof and explanations are not necessary when sharing your trauma

It must have been exhausting putting in all of this emotional labor

Because of that, I consider my listening to you an emotional tax

That I will pay willfully and with glee

So, take all the time you need. I see you. I hear you. And you are valid)

I shit the bed, Mom

Would you kindly clean this mess up, please

Sorry for the note, I had somewhere to be

But it was me

Me, me, me