Machine Gun (F**k the NRA)

"**Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA)**", released 6 July 2018, is the fifth song on YUNGBLUD's debut album *21st Century Liability*.

## Background

Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA) was written on the basis of YUNGBLUD thinking about school shootings and gun violence. NRA is an acronym most commonly referred to and specifically used in this song to reference to the *National Rifle Association*.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I made the news today

Because I hurt my friends

They scribbled down my name

Tied both my hands behind my head

They made me meditate

To analyze my mental state

They looked inside my brain

And turns out, I'm not okay

[Pre-Chorus]

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

That I bought for fun

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

My new machine gun

[Chorus]

I don't give a fuck about myself

All they do is analyze my mental health

I don't give a fuck about myself

You're making us famous

You're making us famous

[Verse 2]

I drank some bleach today

Because they forced me to

Had it with lemonade

Roundabout 10 to two

I ate a razor blade just for attention's sake

I'm just wired up that way

If you're not watching me

[Pre-Chorus]

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun? (Hey, hey, hey)

My new machine gun (Hey, hey, hey)

That I bought for fun (Hey, hey, hey)

Wanna see my machine gun? (Hey, hey, hey)

Wanna see my machine gun? (Hey, hey, hey)

My new machine gun (Hey, hey, hey)

[Chorus]

I don't give a fuck about myself

All they do is analyze my mental health

I don't give a fuck about myself

You're making us famous

You're making us famous

I don't give a fuck about myself

All they do is analyze my mental health

I don't give a fuck about myself

You're making us famous

You're making us famous

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

My new machine gun (My machine gun)

That I bought for fun

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun? (My machine-)

You better fuckin' run

[Chorus 2]

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run

(My machine gun)

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run

(My machine gun)

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

My new machine gun

That I bought for fun

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

My new machine gun

(You better fuckin' run)

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

My new machine gun

That I bought for fun

Wanna see my machine gun?

Wanna see my machine gun?

My new machine gun

You better fuckin' run

[Outro]

Mama, can you see my machine gun?

Mama, can you see my machine gun?

Mama, can you see my machine gun?

Mama, can you see my machine gun? (My machine gun)

Mama, can you see my machine gun?

Mama, can you see my machine gun? (My machine gun)

## Verified Annotations

On Genius YUNGBLUD annotated this song, verifying the meaning behind the lyrics. After the Chorus, Harrison annotated separate lines so instead of song structure listed, lines are instead.

First Verse → *"Here I wanted to depict a character watching them-self giving a statement on the tv after committing a mass shooting. The situation has become regular appearance. It is seen so frequently they can’t comprehend what they have just done wrong. It has become normality."*

Pre-Chorus → *"This is a comment that an average person can walk into a department store and buy an assault rifle as easily as they can by a yankees hat. I’m underage in America and on paper it’s harder for me to get a beer than a weapon. To me that’s insane."*

Chorus → *"This is my comment on the government. They are so quick to blame mental health because it is the “easy thing to do”. No one sane or insane should be allowed to purchase an assault rifle. The NRA are literally funding weaponry, allowing it to be placed into hands of young people and providing an outlet to deal with anger often resulting in killing their friends, innocent people and making themselves famous in the crossfire."*

* I drank some bleach today / Because they forced me to / Had it with lemonade / Roundabout 10 to two → *"A comment on the farcical nature of what we are being taught is deemed “right” in society. If the government condone drinking bleach, some of us would drink bleach."*
* I ate a razor blade just for attention's sake / I'm just wired up that way / If you're not watching me → *"There are so many outlets to do reckless things when someone feels like they need the whole world to notice that they are there. Obviously not everyone struggles with this crisis, but for those that do there is so much opportunity to abuse the tools of war that are so easily placed around us."*

## Trivia

* Machine Gun was written after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, and the student-led rally that was organised after it to protest against gun violence and school shootings, which he attended and live streamed 3 minutes of his attendance to Facebook.

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Google Play
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ Wikipedia — "NRA (disambiguation)". Published 30 April 2003.
2. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD — Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA) Lyrics (First Verse)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD — Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA) Lyrics (Pre-Chorus)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
4. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD — Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA) Lyrics (Chorus)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
5. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD — Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA) Lyrics (I drank some bleach today / Because they forced me to / Had it with lemonade / Roundabout 10 to two)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
6. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD — Machine Gun (F\*\*k the NRA) Lyrics (I ate a razor blade just for attention's sake / I'm just wired up that way / If you're not watching me)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
7. ↑ Facebook — "Yungblud was live — "March for our lives"". Published 24 March 2018.