Simpler Times II Video (MV)

Yeah, a moment of silence
Alright, now we back
Yeah, uh

The art of balancing stardom with being an adolescent
I look back at my progression and wonder why the succession
Of time and things has brought me the finer things, I contemplate
'Cause now I'm eating the soul food that's on my plate
My girl wants to take me to Whole Foods, that's not a date
'Cause I just wanna get to the meat and potatoes
It's crazy how all this music shit came in like a tornado
And completely changed everything that I'm made of
And now I'm looking back at my friends like "where you going"
Like "when you going, take your dreams and put 'em into motion"
And then I realized I'm alone in this shit
It's hard being all alone in this shit, 'cause I'm just focused as shit
All their dreams dead, sign X-O with my condolences
I'm tryna take off A$AP on my Cozy shit
Send my family some cash, my girl some roses, shit
And throw these rappers out to the wolves, I'm on my Frozen shit
Ten years old, me and Danny in the snow and shit
I'm sixteen, wondering when I'mma blow and shit
Sixteen, what do I even know, shit
Sixteen, what do I even know, shit

Uh
My generation's addicted to glowing screens
'Cause notifications showing keep the flow of dopamine
Yeah I know it's not our fault, it's the world that we was born into
But now every day kinda seems like a joke to me
Why my whole generation depressed
Why you silent when your favorite rapper is gripping her neck
Y'all showing twisted respect to the abused and the victimized
Yeah it seems cool, but what if those eyes were your sister's eyes
Kids with anxiety afraid to show their true colors
I'm just grateful I was raised in a house with two brothers
And a mom and a dad who kept me going through the darkest days
So many times the Devil always took my heart away
But he snatched it from most of the youth
I don't watch news anymore, how do I know what's the truth
Every corporation got agendas to sway my opinion
So they can change how I'm thinking, turn all my peers into minions
Making them racist decisions, raising the price of medicine
Changing the pace of existence, I got no patience for this shit, no
I got no patience for this shit, no
Yeah, I got no patience for this shit, no

Uh, yeah
Xanax and lean turned all my friends into fiends
'Cause all they hear is rappers talking 'bout drugs, bitches and C.R.E.A.M.
But what they don't know is these rappers are really actors
'Cause none of them really trapping, they lying behind the scenes
I wish that I could rewind back to the days
When happiness and joy was a coloring page away
When Mom was always laughing at me and Danny's impressions
And everyone got along, no bullshit and no questions
The day when I was cool with everybody at my school
I mean I still kinda am, it's just people be acting foolish
And I cannot waste my time on those kids who just stir up bullshit
'Cause that's all they can do to put themselves inside the pulpit
And keep themselves relevant, I hate to say it
But we in the room and there's a elephant
I ain't speaking just for the hell of it, I speak to embellish it
Take me back to the days on the street
On our bikes when we was rolling up and down the concrete
Then we go back to Mom's and get us something to eat
Those were the simpler times, and yeah, that's word to me
Take me back to the days we visit the city
Neon lights beyond bright, the view was pretty
Take me back to when nobody known us
Crowded Times Square, big signs saying Coca-Cola and Motorola
Take me back to the days when my dad was on a plane like every other day
He was hitting all the big cities, A-T-L, H-Town, Chicago
Every day, up in my room, dreaming that I'd go
Take me back to the days, me and Dylan
In the spare room, working on all them home videos
Talking dreams like "bro, how far could we go"
Little did we know, little did we know
Oh, little do we know
Those were the simpler times