Different Lines

Name: Different Lines
Duration: 251 s
Description: Different Lines by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “Ten lines deep in the hood, ten ways to lose your cool Airport security, welfare window, bus stop in…”

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Different Lines lyrics

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Intro

Yo… same block, same lines… but different minds…

Verse 1

DMV at nine, Gen X posted up with the paper, arms folded tight Millennials tapping phones, refreshing apps, cursing under breath at the light Gen Z bouncing on heels, earbuds blasting, Wi-Fi dead, signal fight Doctor’s office next, free clinic line snaking round the corner store Gen X reading signs, steady breathing, knows the drill from ’84 Millennials pacing circles, checking emails, time slipping through the floor Gen Z filming stories, can’t sit still, complaining ’bout the wait once more

Pre-chorus

Ten lines deep in the hood, ten ways to lose your cool Airport security, welfare window, bus stop in the rain, grocery queue Housing office, job center, check-cashing spot, bail bond too We all standing here, but we standing different, true

Chorus

Same line, different minds, how we wait in the grind Gen X holds it steady, Millennials losing time Gen Z can’t sit still, Wi-Fi on they mind We all in the line, but we wait different kinds

Verse 2

I’m watching from the middle, caught between the three Gen X taught me patience, but the system still got me Millennials taught me hustle, but the apps keep billing me Gen Z taught me question everything, but the signal’s never free Airport TSA pat-down, Gen X calm, no complaint Millennials arguing policy, Gen Z live-streaming the wait Welfare line in the rain, Gen X silent, takes the pain Millennials on the phone, Gen Z dancing in the lane

Chorus

Same line, different minds, how we wait in the grind Gen X holds it steady, Millennials losing time Gen Z can’t sit still, Wi-Fi on they mind We all in the line, but we wait different kinds

Verse 3

Housing office forms stack higher than the rent Job center lines snake longer than the government spent Check-cashing spot got fees that eat the whole check Bail bond office got families stretched and wrecked Gen X remembers when the lines moved with respect Millennials learned the apps were built to collect Gen Z grew up knowing every click leaves a debt Ten lines deep in the hood, ten ways they collect

Bridge

We all waiting… but some waiting for the system to change Some waiting for the Wi-Fi to save Some waiting just to stay the same…

Verse 4

Grocery checkout, Gen X counting every cent Millennials scanning coupons, time already spent Gen Z filming haul, can’t sit still again Airport security, Gen X removes shoes with grace Millennials arguing rules, red in the face Gen Z filming the pat-down, posting to the space

Verse 5

I started canceling the noise, started clearing the screen Gen X taught the patience, Millennials taught the dream Gen Z taught the question, now I’m living in between Same hood, same lines, but I’m choosing what I see Ten lines deep, but I’m walking out free

Chorus

Same line, different minds, how we wait in the grind Gen X holds it steady, Millennials losing time Gen Z can’t sit still, Wi-Fi on they mind We all in the line… but we can wait different kinds

Outro

Yeah… different lines… same hood…

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