East Venti - Appraisal Lyrics

Speak with the motions of water over a seed
Watch me ascend while they throw shade over me and then leave
Erkyah Badu plays in the background of my afterthoughts
The other side of the game is the devilish shit we wasn't taught
Finding photos of myself as a youth
Seeing that type of innocence is my favorite truth
Before the bills and developing social skills
And sacrificing integrity for the internet thrills
We was full of laughter
Nowadays we look up and speed through the chapters
Loss touch with loved ones lost in the data
Lost in validation
Lost because you don't know how to comprehend a statement
Lost because you can't have a simple conversation
Without being offended and having your ego dented
Living on the edge of your gimmick isn't redemption
It's just a pathway of destruction you haven't fixed it
Two parent household I never had that
A few old friends wish I could have back
But time never waited on another specimen
So every day you wake up try to make it elegant
Home is where the heart is searching for an appraisal
We had antennas on TVs before cable
Black Box before Xfinity we was thuggin' it
Now the flow hot enough for the oven mitt how'd it come to this?
My nigga how'd it come to this?

Speak with the motions of water over a seed
Watch me ascend while they throw shade over me and then leave
Erkyah Badu plays in the background of my afterthoughts
The other side of the game is the devilish shit we wasn't taught
Finding photos of myself as a youth
Seeing that type of innocence is my favorite truth
Before the bills and developing social skills
And sacrificing integrity for the internet thrills
We was full of laughter
Nowadays we look up and speed through the chapters
Loss touch with loved ones lost in the data
Lost in validation
Lost because you don't know how to comprehend a statement
Lost because you can't have a simple conversation
Without being offended and having your ego dented
Living on the edge of your gimmick isn't redemption
It's just a pathway of destruction you haven't fixed it
Two parent household I never had that
A few old friends wish I could have back
But time never waited on another specimen
So every day you wake up try to make it elegant
Home is where the heart is searching for an appraisal
We had antennas on TVs before cable
Black Box before Xfinity we was thuggin' it
Now the flow hot enough for the oven mitt how'd it come to this?
My nigga how'd it come to this?