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I just put up a photo with an effortless smile

In real life I really been down

Man, perception is wild

Perception is wild

I got a homie with a 100,000 Instagram followers

We went to dinner, he ain't have a dollar

Man, perception is wild

Perception is wild

[Verse]

Sometimes I gotta put my phone down

How you get in touch with me man, you won't know how

It's like everybody got a TV show now

Just holding up a facade, like everything is perfect in they life's

Like none of us deal with emotion, like none of us deal with depression

Word to Usher the realest confession

That I can tell you what I see is ain't nobody tryin'

They spend the whole time lying on they timeline

It's like, man this ain't no break-up spike

But my last chick, I seen her without make-up twice

And the first time I seen her she was acting scared

She would go put on her face and then come back to bed

I couldn't understand

My love is unconditional, I ain't never let her fall, I ain't care about the flaws

But she just wanna be this Instagram celebrity to y'all, and now I get it

But I wish I knew this from the start

It's about what people think, not who you really are

And I can't change this overnight

But you won't know how to love if all you want is likes (yikes)

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I just put up a photo with an effortless smile

In real life I really been down

Man, perception is wild

Perception is wild

Yeah, I know this girl who post her man like her relationship the best

At 4 AM she hit me with a text

Man, perception is wild

Perception is wild

[Verse]

Yeah, look, I want the real life, I want the real life

What does it feel like? What does it feel like?

I don't know anything, don't know what to feel now

I just want everything, everything real now

I like the God-side, connect with nature

I like to meditate, soon as the day come

I'mma go and just, chill at the lake front

And now I just think about, all that He gave us

I tell you this 'cause I get anxiety too

Are you using social media? Is it using you?

I love Steve Jobs and everything he did

He made the iPhone but wouldn't give it to his kids, what that tell you?

My sister started with the iPhone when she was three

When I think about it, that ain't how life used to be

Nah, that ain't how life used to be

It's just addictive as alcohol and cigarettes

The things we do for love from the internet

But they ain't giving up never, 'cause to them it's whatever

They don't know nothing better, 'cause we all fall victim to this perception