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DEFICiT.
Kassidy:
Meet Adam, 24 years old, fed up with life and the way things are going. He wants to experience success but he doesn't have the drive to follow through. By chance he was offered a pill, without much thought he decided to pop it. And that's when it all changed

John:
Def-icit
It's irrelevant
I don't need it but to me, it's just the benefits
Of ritz and addy, I'm taking to be well equipped
Admit to wits, and grades I don't deserve, submit -ted see

I see all of my peers start taking it
And just to fit in see I started taking it
Then I noticed I was focused, It was hocus pocus
And now I understand how everybody else was coping

Cause everybody takes Adderall
Ignoring ethics with the edge to get you through the wall
Like a wrecking ball, it's a free-for-all
Just to stand tall with the grades then celebrate with alcohol

But for my inner, I gotta consider, I'm risking my liver and cardiac issues, see that's the killer
Stimulant misuse is the truth, the abuse goes on and on

And I go and on

I take about 2 pills daily
Its crazy but sometimes I take 4 just for safety
A D H D or A D D, it's not me but thank y'all for letting me be me

Stay in class and I’m keeping it classy
Though I started for the record sadly can't say I’m happy
Just a kid who’s dependent on addy
Dependency - Yeah I depend on that happening

Kassidy:
Meet Dr David D'Andrea, a 42-year-old GP who has witnessed the shift in the trend of Adderall abuse. David is sick of wasting his valuable time on individuals who don’t need an appointment, David is pissed off, and sharing his views

Reuben:
You’re thinking doe rae me, while learning your ABCs
You might need to see me, your friendly D-O-C
Infinite patients, names add up on my wait-list
It's me they come to see if they think of ADD

But these stories don't add up, don't equal a deficit
Its like forgetting something is the only prerequisite
For a chance at a pill, even if it's just for the thrill
A bit of an uppy, or just to do life as a yuppy
But my patience is wearing thin, I've had it with these fakers
We’ve forgotten its real use, from the eyes of the makers

So, let me break this down, look at its entirety
Have you ever heard about the ADD society?
Where the distractions are endless, you’re never focused entirely
You’re distracted by a flash or a pop, or a ping
Tapping on your screen is just part of the daily routine

You call it a deficit, your lack of attention
You haven’t got a disorder, all you've gots a distraction
Just like everyone else, you seek the easy way out
So I’ve come to my conclusion, you don’t meet the definition
I can't give you a prescription. But try for a second opinion

Kassidy:
Meet Johnny, a 21-year-old Auckland University student with ADD. Johnny has recognised the demand for Adderall in his environment and is taking things into his own hands to make some profit

Hayden:
So this could be a job for me
If you don’t wanna keep getting c’s
Here, you’re gonna wanna ingest these
Even though you don’t have ADD

Adderall, ADD for all
You want it? You got it, no fuss at all
I can’t concentrate, not much at all
I’ll sell it for two fifty and make some roll

There’s a standard
What they do, you do
If you want to keep up, don’t let someone tutor you
Fuck that, pop this pill, it’ll fix you
Don’t listen to your mumma what’s the worst it’ll do to you?

Adderall, it’s the saviour to all
Simply poppin' pills is what’ll lift ya’ll
To the new level, one of euphoria
A new business for me gotta sell this to more of ya

Kassidy:
Meet Jerome, an 18-year-old first-year student at Auckland University. His grades are slipping more and more each day. Everyone around him is taking drugs to study but he’s not buying into the process

Nick:
I see all the drugs that they using, abusing
I've got all this talent but I'm losing
I’m fearing for my grade and my college degree
Is it worth getting in on this crazy drug spree

A double D, the drug that they say will set you free
It’s in everybody's mouth they take it daily, 5 grams, what a day? That's crazy
I see all these addicts they can’t stop now they’re in too deep
You can pick it up on just about any street
Insomniac, Maniac, no one’s sleeping at all
All thanks to that crazy little pill they call Adderall

I can’t be convinced to digest this, can I? The genius pill? That must be a lie
Is this the closest thing to NZT, how easy life must be, strutting around never got a C
But at the end of the day, it's all about a college degree

Cocaine is a hell of a drug...