Children of the Internet (feat. Dave & Es Devlin) [Remix Feat. Joey Bada$$]

I flash back to a time I was, maybe, twelve

When we use to play outside and give Granny Hell

Daily trying just to not end up dead or in jail

Now these kids braindead and prisoners to they cell

My little cousin come around and barely make a sound

He got his headphones on, his head looking down

Disconnected from everything that surrounds him

His Social Dilemma tendencies on a thousand

Few raise their brows, while most keep browsing

Seconds turn to minutes and then minutes turn to hours

And then the hours turn to days worth of lounging

You living on the internet, ain't focused on your housing

Now how the fuck that shit sounding?

She smiling in the pictures, but inside she frowning

Thirsty for attention, got her so obsessed

I guess we just

Children of the internet

Look, I grew up in good, but a changing age

'My Wife and Kids', Damon Wayans

When a Youth Club was everybody's favorite place

Where, if you spoke to a girl, then it was face to face

Bro, I seen the heart of the hood turn trendy

Kids lose interest, parks turn empty

Social media's got us all less friendly

Now, can't you see the irony?

She's got game when she types to me

But, nothing in person, that ain't the type for me

Asking, "Can we go for dinner?"

Yet in the flesh, no conversation or intellect

The future generation are the children of the internet

It's all changing, I'm seeing it now

You can meet a 100 people without leaving your house

Putting pictures in a frames and memory in the clouds

You know everybody keeps their memories in a cloud

We finally found a voice and we ain't speaking as loud

People only want to listen to the sheep in a crowd

And any other statement gets you cancelled by an activist that has never helped the cause that they're tweeting about

Do you blame public figures and personalities for giving little kids a warped view of reality?

Or blame all of the apps that make a killing in finding the sweet spot in your self hate and vanity

Could you argue that its borderline dangerous to take a picture of a girl's face and start changing it?

In one quick filter, your nose looks thinner, your eyes look fuller, your lips look bigger

Your software's bettering, your phone knows everything, if anything it's getting George Orwellian

Look, it's all connected, nobody's protected

From business collectives, your info's collected