[Intro]
Yeah
This that real life talk
Look
Uh
[Verse 1]
Used to ride bikes to the corner store
Now the kids learn life through a little screen
Grandma said, “Baby, this ain’t what it used to be”
Scrollin’ through a war and a meme in the same feed
Block got cranes where the trees used to sway
Rent went up, friends had to move away
Got a text, not a call when my homie passed
Whole group chat cried with a laughing tag
[Chorus]
This the real world, world turned so fast
Blink one time, whole dream in the past
Heart still beats in the middle of the madness
Tryna find gold in a mountain of plastic
This the real world, I can’t look back
Pain on the news, love right in my hands
If it all changed once, it can change again
Real world hurt, real world magic
[Verse 2]
Saw a kid make art on a cracked old phone
Went around the globe ‘fore he made it home
Mama work two jobs, still tuck ‘em in
Say a prayer soft for the world we in
Got a mask in the car, just in case of fear
Learned how to say “I miss you” through the glare and the glare
But I met my day ones through a random chat
Turned Wi-Fi love to a real hug, imagine that
[Chorus]
This the real world, world turned so fast
Blink one time, whole dream in the past
Heart still beats in the middle of the madness
Tryna find gold in a mountain of plastic
This the real world, I can’t look back
Pain on the news, love right in my hands
If it all changed once, it can change again
Real world hurt, real world magic
[Bridge]
Some days it’s sirens, some days it’s choirs (oh)
Some nights I’m broken, some nights I’m fire
If change is the tide and we’re standing on the sand
I’ma write my name big, let it fade, start again
[Chorus]
This the real world, world turned so fast
Blink one time, whole dream in the past
Heart still beats in the middle of the madness
Tryna find gold in a mountain of plastic
This the real world, I can’t look back
Pain on the news, love right in my hands
If it all changed once, it can change again
Real world hurt, real world magic