AI Slop Rewiring Kids’ Brains?
Blue glow
On their faces
Tiny hands
Endless scroll
Candy-colored brainwash
Looped till their eyes ache
Finger flick religion
Thumbs on a glass snake
Pop-up prophets
Preach in ten-second flames
Every tap trains the track
To tattoo their names
All caps captions
Chew up their doubt
Feed ‘em fear, fake cheer
Spit the real ones out
Plastic praise
For a hollow little win
Every heart they chase
Lets the code crawl in
Feed the machine
Watch it chew their dreams
Scroll, swipe, sleep
In a padded scream
Hooked to the drip
That the eyes can’t quit
This isn’t play
It’s a hidden script
We won’t be ghosts in a glowing shrine
Raise your voice, take back your mind
Cute clips, quick hits
Maskin’ quiet despair
Every kid learns to stare
More than they learn to care
Ghost friends, ghost trends
They don’t feel the air
Just a swarm of empty words
Buzzing everywhere
The puppet’s in the pocket
Not up on a string
Invisible hands
Make the same song sing
Who profits when attention
Is the only crown?
They teach ‘em how to tap
Never how to shut it down
Who wrote the rules
That keep ‘em afraid?
Who chose the thoughts
They think all day?
Who set the loop
They can’t escape?
Who taught them love
Is a number game?
Feed the machine
Watch it chew their dreams
Scroll, swipe, sleep
In a padded scream
Hooked to the drip
That the eyes can’t quit
This isn’t play
It’s a hidden script
We won’t be ghosts in a glowing shrine
Raise your voice, take back your mind
[Beat drops out, soft piano and distant violin]
Hear that?
Silence
Underneath the noise
Little hearts
Beating
Under all these toys
They could be building worlds
Not begging for a sign
They could be holding hands
Not chasing every line
(hey)
Kill the feed
Before it kills the feeling
Cut the cord
That keeps the code stealing
If we don’t guard
What grows inside
They’ll sell their souls
In tiny byte-sized bites
Feed the machine
Watch it chew their dreams
Scroll, swipe, sleep
In a padded scream
Hooked to the drip
That the eyes can’t quit
This isn’t play
It’s a hidden script
We won’t be ghosts in a glowing shrine
Raise your voice, take back your mind
We won’t be ghosts, won’t fall in line
Crash the loop, reclaim your mind
