Lyrics Joell Ortiz

Joell Ortiz

Screens

Damn screens

Kids don't come upstairs with grass stains on they jeans

No playing tag at night, no more sundown freeze

No more falling off they bike peroxide on knees

Geez I ain't seen a double Dutch in years

What happened to skelly, no more tops hitting squares?

I used to front flip off the fence, backflip off the swing

Somebody dared, you had to do it to be playground king!

Walked across the monkey bars, rubber mat so far

Something crazy drove by I screamed that's my car!

Threw rocks up on the roofs they couldn't match my arm

And manhunt lasted long, we couldn't catch Taiquan shit...

Red quarter water water ask ya man to have a sip

Pack of now and laters and a quarter bag of chips

Never would I ever thought a game of catch and kiss

Would be something that these kids would have to miss... imagine this...

Phone screen, tablet screen, computer screen

80 inch TV screen, I never seen

So many ways to look away from the world

These screens raising ya sons, baby sittin' ya girl

So many screens...

Everyone say hi. You're on a screen...

I used to wanna go out in the rain

Moms would say no so I complained near the window pane

She's always gave in to that look on my face

Those days I get chased cops and robbers in the staircase

Where they at, in the front or the back?

It was quiet and then... Pap... 'Til you run out of caps

Every basketball court in the summer was packed

Every winter was tackle football don't fumble the snap

Now every time I look another app man what's up wit that?

It's like every single day involves a double tap

Used to beg moms can my boys have some fun wit me?

Off the top rope was the dresser, WWE

Now my son wear headsets running through the trees

Playing Call of Duty, guess that's what they calling company

Was known everywhere, couldn't front on my team

These kids don't go anywhere man they front of them screens

Phone screen, tablet screen, computer screen

80 inch TV screen, I never seen

So many ways to look away from the world

These screens raising ya sons, baby sittin' ya girl

So many screens...

Everyone say hi. You're on a screen...

Phone screen, tablet screen, computer screen

80 inch TV screen, I never seen

So many ways to look away from the world

These screens raising ya sons, baby sittin' ya girl

So many screens...

Everyone say hi. You're on a screen...