Twenty-Twenty-Six

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Intro

Yeah, we made it past the storm, now what? Future's knocking but the door won't budge They said we'd fly by now, where's my jetpack at? Twenty-twenty-six, reality check, let's unpack that

Verse 1

Scrolling through my feed at 2 AM, same faces different year Promised flying cars, got rising rent and mounting fear Generation caught between the old rules and what's next Parents buying houses at twenty-five, I'm thirty collecting debt Climate protests on the timeline, politicians playing chess While my homie's working three jobs just to feel less stressed They monetized our anxiety, turned our pain into content streams Sold us entrepreneurship when we just wanted stable dreams

Pre-chorus

We were supposed to be the future Now the future feels like it forgot about us But we still here though, still here though

Chorus

Twenty-twenty-six and we're still tryna figure it out Dreams cost more than they ever told us about Raised on hope, now we're running on spite If this is the future, why's it feel like a fight?

Verse 2

My degree's on the wall but it don't pay the light bill Society said "follow the path" now the path's going uphill Influencers making millions off fifteen-second clips While teachers can't afford to live in cities where they teach kids We joke about the chaos 'cause the truth cuts too deep Democracy's a trending topic, not something that we keep Mental health's a buzzword till it's time to fund the care They want us to be grateful when we're gasping for air

Pre-chorus

We were supposed to be the future Now the future's just a price we can't afford But we still fight though, still fight though

Chorus

Twenty-twenty-six and we're still tryna figure it out Dreams cost more than they ever told us about Raised on hope, now we're running on spite If this is the future, why's it feel like a fight?

Bridge

Maybe we're the generation that rewrites the code Stop chasing their approval, build our own road They had their turn, left us holding the bag But we're too damn resilient to wave a white flag

Verse 3

So here's to the dreamers working midnight shifts with morning classes To the artists making magic while the system passes To my people choosing happiness over hustle culture's lies We're not lazy, we just recognized their game was rigged to make us die inside Twenty-twenty-six, yeah, we're redefining what success means Building communities, not empires, fulfilling different dreams They can keep their corner offices and corporate ladder climbs We're out here finding purpose, yeah, we're taking back our time

Chorus

Twenty-twenty-six and we're still tryna figure it out Dreams cost more than they ever told us about Raised on hope, now we're running on spite If this is the future, why's it feel like a fight?

Chorus

Twenty-twenty-six and we're still tryna figure it out Dreams cost more than they ever told us about Raised on hope, now we're running on spite If this is the future, why's it feel like a fight?

Outro

But we still here, and that's revolutionary Every day we survive, man, that's visionary Twenty-twenty-six, we're writing our own story This ain't the future they promised, but it's ours, all glory

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