"Why can't we all, all just be honest?
Admit to ourselves that everyone's on it
From grown politicians to young adolescents
Prescribing themselves antidepressants."
"Everyone's At It" - Lily Allen
Lily Allen is known for being cynical in her songs. It's then common to see her work qualified as "rebel" for complaining, sometimes openly and sometimes in a subtle way, about some person, group of people or just a characteristic of our world or society.
"Everyone's At It", first track from her second album It's Not Me, It's You (2009), is a clear example of that. It deals about drug abuse, mostly on teenagers but also in adult estates such as "grown politicians." Surprisingly, though, it doesn't only talk about illegal drug use, but also about prescriptions and the abuse of prescribed drugs such as the Prozac or sleeping pills.
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