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Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time
For y'all have knocked her up
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit
Go on, Maggot Brain
Go on, Maggot Brain
For y'all have knocked her up
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit
Go on, Maggot Brain
Go on, Maggot Brain
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@r3n3gad3 @crump76 I thought it might refer to the next generation, ie the first "pregnancy" was the dinosaurs who went extinct, the second was mankind with all its war and toxic ways, and the third was the young people who in the 60s and 70s had hope of changing all that. But you're probably right, though I would say it wasn't referring to just Viet Nam but also nukes and all the pollution and destruction of the environment.