Joell Ortiz - Screens lyrics

Kids, man, they just ain't the way they used
To be when we was comin' up, man
These lil' motherfuckers don't even
Wanna go outside they stay in the house
I don't give a fuck how broke you are
You could be on food stamps
You got a Sega Genesis at the house

Damn, was it that long ago?
Thought it was, bro
Man, I used to run down on a chick
I'd pull out a pen
Write her number down on a piece of paper
Woo we used to actually interact with
Each other back then word

Damn screens
Kids don't come upstairs with grass
Stains on they jeans
No playin' tag at night
No more sundown freeze
No more fallin' off they bike
Peroxide on knees
Jeez, I ain't seen a Double Dutch in years
What happened to skelly
No more tops hitting squares?
I used to front flip off of the fence
Back flip off the swing somebody dared
You had to do it to be playground king
Walked across monkey bars, rubber mat so far
Somethin' crazy drove by, screamed
"That's my car!" threw rocks up on the roof
They couldn't match my arm
And manhunt lasted long, we
Couldn't catch Daquan, shit
Red quarter water, ask your man to have a sip
Pack of Now & Laters and
A quarter bag of chips
Never would I ever thought a game
Of catch a kiss'll be
Somethin' that these kids would have to miss
Imagine this

Phone screen, tablet screen, computer screen
Eighty-inch TV screen, I never seen
So many ways to look away from the world
These screens raisin' ya sons
Babysittin' your girls so many screens
Everyone say "Hi!", you're on a screen

I used to wanna go out in the rain
Moms would say no so I
Complained near the window pane
She always gave in to that look on my face
Those days I got chased
Cops and robbers in the staircase
Where they at, in the front or the back?
It was quiet
And then "pap" 'til you run out of caps
Every basketball court in the
Summer was packed
Every winter was tackle football
Don't fumble the snap
Now every time I look, another app, man
What's up with that?
It's like every single day
Involves a double tap used to beg moms
"Can my boys have some fun with me?"
Off the top rope was the dresser, WWE
Now my son wear headsets
Runnin' through the trees
Playin' Call of Duty
Guess that's what they callin' company
Was known everywhere
Couldn't front on my team
These kids don't go anywhere, man
They front of them screens

Phone screen, tablet screen, computer screen
Eighty-inch TV screen, I never seen
So many ways to look away from the world
These screens raisin' ya sons
Babysittin' your girls so many screens
Everyone say "Hi!", you're on a screen

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Catch a piggy by the toe
If it hollers, let him go
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

You it! Haha, damn
I can still see those days clear
As hell in my head