Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Getting old sucks.

In Season 9 Episode 23: Growing Up is Hard to Do, the CMC sing a lovely song about how great it is to be adults called "Being Big is All it Takes". I thought it'd be a great idea to take a look at the perspective of those of us trapped unwillingly in adulthood. Don't try to grow up too fast, kids.

The art is mine, 'cause I draw things occasionally. Feel free to follow me on Twitter if you'd like: twitter.com/Banquo05

Lyrics:
We used to wake up feeling joyous and small
But look at us now we're barely happy at all
No matter what we do they're always mistakes
Because being big not that great

Got tons of bills to pay I didn't before
Being broke, what a joke! Heap the stress on some more (bills)
Bills, insurance, and the IRS we can't seem to sate
'cause being big is not that great

Being big is a newfound plight
Existential dread will keep us up all night
Growing up they seem to overrate
'cause being big is not that great

Leaving behind all the old friends you've known
stepping out, growing up, now you're suddenly alone
Depression hello, optimism hell no
when did I become so irate?
'cause being big is not that great

Being big is a pack of lies
you can learn all that you can you're never all that wise
can't get a job in this economy
'cause growing up is going awfully

I will go to school to get a job and someday retire
Yeah, good luck with the debt and finding someone that'll hire
Housing prices are sky high why's it so crazy?
Older generations say, "Because you're lazy"

Can't seem to find the time to chill out or play
once awake, gonna take all the hours of the day
used to have dreams and passions; they've gone away
this is certainly not okay
'cause being big is not that greeeeeeat

NOT THAT GREAT



I do not own My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, duh, yada yada, shove it up your nose or something.





I'm jaded, I dunno if you could tell.