Mandarine

They billed it as the future. twenty-first century Old problems growing more problematic exponentially Grew up buying plastic toys, now plastic fills the ocean They trying to sell us on bitcoin Digital mining that still needs physical mining Traditional tyrants rigging the game New money, old It's a crypt all the same You tryptophan sleeping, opiates in the vain They'll build a million cages but won't rehabilitate one, run Oh I've been running But not fast enough Oh I've been running Not fast enough They billed it as the future. twenty-first century Old problems growing more problematic exponentially I'm stressed the f*ck out from subscriptions I pretend to need On a social feed resembling end of human centipede Entropy, but the express lane Fifteen items or less, yeah but they all express pain Collecting the best strains and variants It's quite an experience Live-streaming from inside a burning chariot It's very lit Oh I've been running But not fast enough So sit tight for a minute And maybe catch your breath So light on my feet I'm gonna float away to heaven, no safety nets It's a real good thing baby Cause you can't pause time And there's a million different reasons That the season of the witch will try to change your mind And how do I even identify I Boston dynamics I Cambridge analytics I scroll, I slow Eyes fixed on an image Beauty in the eye of the beholder Behold, a behemoth data-holder They know if you're into NFTs or nikes If thick or skinny excites me If my own sexuality's more on a spectrum Than I'd admit or realize even Hypebeasting Celebrity gossip, more than politics In this culture war, we all exist Hollowness, wait How the f*ck do I know who Tom Holland kissed, yo Wanda shit We all the stars of our own Westview Put the successful on a pedestal Who impose they vision on the community That starts to glitch under individual scrutiny Truthfully, these creed thoughts Should never be released like Detox Eavesdrop and let me blow you mind (no doubt) I go for mine (they hold out) Always have and always will too New money, old, it's all the same Have none, that's gonna kill you Have some, you can get more Stakes high when it's just a lil' food Between surviving and perishing I'm past my best by date, how embarrassing Just throw me in the compost