"A Million Men"

***No, she skipped the jungle, jungle gym phase***

"**A Million Men**", also registered as "**Million Men**" is a song by Katrina Martinez. It was intended to be the fifth track on her Untitled EP/Album, however, the project was later scrapped.

## Background

Katrina wrote the song after watching a documentary about sex trafficking. It is often mistaken to have been written about herself or a friend since in the most popular video of the performance, it slightly cuts off her explanation of the song.

The song was initially written and recorded in 2012-2013 for Katrina's unreleased EP from the same year as a track for the project. It was later reproduced in 2023-2024 and released as a promotional single for "Molly McDolly's Burger Shack". Katrina confirmed she was making a single vinyl CD for the song but she would die before the CD could be finished.

## Theme

This song is about a child caught in a sex trafficking ring. It illustrates the story of a young girl(Maggie/Molly) who was sold into the sex trafficking by her guardian for drugs, and how she was treated during that time. Additionally, it details how difficult it is for victims to adjust to society after being liberated from an underground sex ring.

## Lyrics

* 2013 version
* Molly McDolly's Burger Shack version

**[Verse 1]**

Miss Maggie was way too young to understand

Why she got thrown into someone else's hands

Why she woke up to strange men

They tore her to pieces and she couldn't comprehend

Why she was locked up in a basement filled with men

Should've gone to school, instead she did them

**[Pre-chorus 1]**

Don't touch me, I'm fragile

I'm bitter in my heart

Mama sold me for candy

And I was ruined from the start

**[Chorus]**

Why do you have to sell me to those mean old men?

They cut me up in places I don't even understand

It's normalcy to me, but how will my friends understand?

I'm five years old, sleeping with a million men

**[Verse 2]**

All grown up and her body has decayed

All those promiscuous games she had to play

No, she skipped the jungle, jungle gym phase

She's trying to look at things in a bright way

Sees a light peeking through the end of the hallway

No, she's tryna, tryna, tryna escape

**[Pre-chorus 2]**

I'm running

Full force, dear

But it's harder when you're bones

I'm weak-kneed, but I'm flying

Out of this Hell hole

**[Chorus]**

Why do you have to sell me to those mean old men?

They cut me up in places I don't even understand

It's normalcy to me, but how will my friends understand?

I'm ten years old, running from a million men

**[Bridge]**

Finally the light is coming close

No turning back, run full force

Angels swoop down and grab me

And now I'm safe away from the million men who raised me

**[Chorus]**

Why do you have to sell me to those mean old men?

They cut me up in places I don't even understand

It's normalcy to me, how will my boyfriend understand?

I'm seventeen with a history of a million men

**[Outro]**

Men, a million men

Men, a million men

A million men, a, a million,

A million men, a million men

Men, a million men

**[Verse 1]**

Molly was way too young to understand

Why she got thrown into someone else's hands

Why she woke up to strange men

They tore her to pieces and she couldn't comprehend

Why she was locked up in a basement filled with men

Should've gone to school, instead she did them

**[Pre-chorus 1]**

Don't touch me, I'm fragile

I'm bitter in my heart

Dada sold me for candy

And I was ruined from the start

**[Chorus]**

Why do you have to sell me to those mean old men?

They cut me up in places I don't even understand

It's normalcy to me, but how will my friends understand?

I'm five years old, sleeping with a million men, a million men

**[Verse 2]**

All grown up and her body has decayed

All those promiscuous games she had to play

No, she skipped the jungle, jungle gym phase

She's trying to look at things in a bright way

Sees a light peeking through the end of the hallway

Oh, she's tryna, tryna, tryna escape

**[Pre-chorus 2]**

I'm running

Full force, dear

But it's harder when you're bones

I'm weak-kneed, but I'm flying

Out of this Hell hole

**[Chorus]**

Why do you have to sell me to those mean old men?

They cut me up in places I don't even understand

It's normalcy to me, but how will my friends understand?

I'm ten years old, running from a million men, a million men

**[Bridge]**

Finally the light is coming close

No looking back, run full force

They swoop down and grab me

**[Chorus]**

Why do you have to sell me to those mean old men?

They cut me up in places I don't even understand

It's normalcy to me, how will my friends understand?

I'm seventeen with a history of a million men

**[Outro]**

Oh, a million men

Oh, a million men

A million men, a million men,

A million, a million men

A million men, a million men

A million, a million men

A million men

## Trivia

* This song was very important to Katrina, as it is about a very serious issue happening in the world.
* In one performance, Katrina changed some of the lyrics of the song and mixed up the lines. It is unknown whether this was an accident or not.
* An acoustic worktape of the song recorded and produced by Katrina on her laptop was posted by Katrina's manager, Ron Shapiro, to SoundCloud in 2013.