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Take your pills, open wide Swallow it with your pride It’s a cure, overdose Keep your head down and your mouth closed We’re so We know We’re shallow I know You can call it narcissism You can blame it on materialism Our delusions, indecision Children of the Great Recession Update status Pop a Xanax There was texting Now we’re setxing We have the gall to have a sense Of undeserved entitlement We’re over educated and unemployed Apathetic and annoyed We’re so We know We’re shallow I know You can call it narcissism You can blame it on materialism Our delusions, indecision Children of the Great Recession Pictures reblogged Arteries clogged Kandi kids Digital natives Anxiety, can’t concentrate As obesity permeates What will happen? Time will tell And remind us of Y2K and when the towers fell We’re so We know We’re shallow I know You can call it narcissism You can blame it on materialism Our delusions, indecision Children of the Great Recession Lets the bass drop Generation lost It’s hard to live When you’re hypersensitive

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