Ed Sheeran's Song, The A-Team

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"The A-Team" is a song written by Ed Sheeran and released in 2011, the song is about a woman addicted to "level A" drugs, such as opium, meth, and other hard drugs. Someone who is addicted to a "level A" drug and is a woman, is typically called being a part of the A-Team. If a woman is part of the A-Team, it means she is most likely addicted to a "level A" drug and cannot afford the drug or much else for the matte. Which results in the woman becoming a hooker or prostitute so she can earn enough money for her next hit of the drug. Which Ed shows near the end of the chorus with the lines; "And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland:", "Or sells love to another man". In those two lines it explains the predicament that the woman is in. The song,

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