Hand Me Down World

Wake up, eyes heavy, screen flashing red
Another overdraft fee lying in my bed
Framed that piece of paper, cost a hundred K
Now I’m serving lattes just to make it go away (Cash!)
Look at my phone, swipe, refresh, sigh
Living in a loop, watch my twenties fly by
"You're in your prime," yeah, prime for the stress
Got a front-row seat to this beautiful mess.

They look down from the top floor, sipping their wine
Tell me, "Skip the iced coffee, kid, and you'll be just fine!"
"Just save up your pennies, just buy an estate!"
While the whole damn market is inflating the rate!

Welcome to the hand-me-down world at twenty-three!
You built the house, but you swallowed the key
Left us the debt, the ash, and the debris
Then point the finger right back at me!
We're running on empty, playing your game
Losing our minds while you're placing the blame
Hand-me-down world, hand-me-down dreams
Tearing apart at the hand-me-down seams!

Hold up, wait a minute, let’s check the receipts (Check it!)
Bought a whole mansion off minimum wage weeks
Now I need three jobs just to lease out a room
And you call me "lazy" while you're sealing my doom? (Hah!)
You punched a hole in the ozone, drank out the lake
Now I’m using paper straws to fix your mistake?
Got the nerve to tell me I don't work hard enough
Man, your "easy mode" life is making me rough.
I’m 23, knees weak, carrying the weight
Of a system you broke, but you call it my fate!

I just want to close my eyes and feel young...
Breathe the air, fall in love, sing a song unsung.
But survival takes the place of my youth,
Chasing a corporate lie when I just wanted the truth.
Are we allowed to just live?
How much more of myself do I have to give?

Tear it down! (Yeah!) We ain't your hand-me-down fools!
Keep your hand-me-down rules!
We’ll take the bricks from the walls that you gate
And build our own future, control our own fate.

Watch us.

rap, hip hop, ambient