[Dave] Look I grew up in a good but a changin´ age My wife and kids - Damon Wayans When the youth club was everybody’s favourite place
Where if you spoke to a girl then it was face-to-face Bruh, I seen the heart of the ´hood turn trendy Kids lose interest Parks turn empty Social media´s got us all less friendly Now, can’t you see the irony? She´s got game when she types to me but nothing in person, that ain´t the type for me Asking "Can we go for dinner yet?" in the flesh No convеrsation, no intellect The future generation of the children of the internet
[Dave] Look It´s all change an´ I´m seeing it now You can meet a hundred people without leaving your house
Puttin´ pictures in a frame, a memory in the clouds You know everybody keeps their memories in the cloud We finally found a voice and we ain´t speaking as loud People only wanna listen to the sheep and the crowd An’ any other statement gets you cancelled by an activist that’s never helped the cause that they´re tweeting about Do you blame public figures and personalities, for giving the li’l kids a warped views of reality? Or blame all o´ the apps that make a killing on finding the sweet spot in your self-hate and vanity? Could you argue that it´s borderline dangerous to take a picture of a girl´s face and start changin’ it?
With one quick filter, your nose looks thinner Your eyes look fuller Your lips look bigger Your software´s better and your phone knows everything If anything, it´s getting George Orwell-ian
[ Dave] Look It´s all connected, nobody´s protected From business collectives, your info´s collected
[ Es Devlin, Dave] Children of the internet Your info collected As a species, we now have to redefine what it means to be connected Children of the internet
A recent study shows the average person earnestly swipes, taps, pinches their phone a million times a year Your info collected People feel naked, inadequate and utterly vulnerable without their phone It´s a primary conduit of personal, social and work life Children of the internet There are more active cell phones on the planet than people The mobile phone is both a connection and disconnection device, and is typically placed between the human and its surroundings Tuning the surroundings out