Please, Mama, I don\u2019t like it<\/p>\n
I push the peas around<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t matter what I like<\/p>\n
When I\u2019m in Mama\u2019s house<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t eat it for dinner<\/p>\n
It\u2019s breakfast in the morning<\/p>\n
If not breakfast, then for lunchtime<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s your final warning<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If eating peas will make you cry<\/p>\n
There\u2019s bad news all around<\/p>\n
In Mama\u2019s house, they give you<\/p>\n
Something to cry about<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama, it feels scratchy<\/p>\n
I scrape across my neck<\/p>\n
It matters not to Mama<\/p>\n
It\u2019s her house, last we checked<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing wrong with cotton<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s nothing wrong with tags<\/p>\n
Mama asks me if I\u2019d rather<\/p>\n
Go to school in rags<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If tickles make your body mad<\/p>\n
If touches make you shout<\/p>\n
Hold it all inside or get<\/p>\n
Something to cry about<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama, I\u2019m alone in here<\/p>\n
Please, Mama, stay the night<\/p>\n
Stay till all the monsters<\/p>\n
Are finally sleeping tight<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t talk about your Dad that way<\/p>\n
You know your brother loves you<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t tell lies, now say goodnight<\/p>\n
The way that good girls do<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If someone makes you hurt or bleed<\/p>\n
But you don\u2019t have the proof<\/p>\n
I\u2019d probably not suggest you stay<\/p>\n
Under Mama\u2019s roof<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama makes no difference<\/p>\n
Please, Mama doesn\u2019t care<\/p>\n
Please, Mama shuts the door<\/p>\n
While I am running out of air<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama doesn\u2019t get it<\/p>\n
Please, Mama doesn\u2019t see<\/p>\n
Please, Mama says I love you<\/p>\n
To the people hurting me<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama never noticed<\/p>\n
Please, Mama turned her back<\/p>\n
Give that girl an Emmy<\/p>\n
For how well she can act<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama says she\u2019ll never<\/p>\n
Understand why I don\u2019t call<\/p>\n
Please, Mama thinks that she was right<\/p>\n
Making me so small<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please, Mama is the victim now<\/p>\n
Please, Mama is in pain<\/p>\n
But till the day I die<\/p>\n
Mama will not see me again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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