Just Chill

We used to kick game by the street corners Run, skate, hide and seek under the bridge by the stoners Four square and ball games in the courtyard Then we grew tall and the games grew hard Play ball got a different meaning when the pressure buildin' Still, we tried to make it work, and at first we was chillin' But live life stuck between a rock and a hard place And growing old got us growing cold Ponyboy, stay gold But keep your head low The sky ain't clear enough for a fly zone Bury ya energy like a dog done bury the bones Keep ya headspace clear Or get racked by fear Ain't no way to live without shedding a tear So don't stay near and go Steer away from the pier that moored you For so long Better to bore you and survive Then live torn just to die And such things we tell ourselves Just to tell ourselves We did the right choice To move away from what gave us a voice Rejoice young leaders of the new school You are the fresh legion of the new fools Still we take part and part ways with the old lots Stoic faces stare hard blanks like warning shots Just cuz you leave don't mean it leave you And just cuz you in don't mean you're in too Trying to fit in only make you stand out Cuz now you proud you made it into the crowd C'mon now And when the crowd only wanna look down Things are looking up and you staring at the crown They don't wanna see ya smile and you only see them frown So you stick around And how do you feel? New grounds ain't much different from your old town You know that it's real New words come out but it's the same old sound Man, what's the deal? What's the real? Honestly What's the danger in knowing we're now strangers Sitting there facing each other out of fear of thinking that we jailers Crazy ain't it Man we used to be so happy Now we hide behind the happiness Man don't mean to be so sappy But we tired of the emptiness Hot or cold seasons they just feel the same When the asphalt rough or slick with potholes and the rain They just remind you of the pain Make ya skin crawl like it's tainted We used to paint the town red Now it's faded Tribal tattoos and hennas And we used to be such go getters Time fly by and it don't wait for the nobodies Cliques get formed, face storms, protection shoddy We build shields around us to avoid the sword It's a dissonant chord We trust in our cognitive abilities To discern the real from the fake But the similarities between the two Make real hard to take Two and make heads or tails So we follow the rails And go broke or chase tail Remember the words of Kanye When you chase one the other's getting away That's the truth of the matter at the end of the day It ain't always cool but that's just the way it is So hop on in The train moving on with or without you So catch the ride before you miss forever Before you end up in the ethers Or enjoy the moment And realize we good out here Feel the breeze and know that what we've chosen Ain't so bad So just chill So just chill