
Coming of Age... · Track 13
Fake Natty Vibes: The NPC Simulation
3:41
The song
“Fake Natty Vibes” is the point where Coming of Age... stops merely observing the world and starts pushing back against it.
Story Behind the Song — This Perspective
Ilajna has confronted the pressure of looking polished when reality is messier.
Read the full story of Fake Natty Vibes: The NPC Simulation on Keviv Ardnahc’s site.
Lyrics
Yeah... Everybody's in their soft era... But nobody's got an original thought... It's all plastic... Walk in the room It's a copy-paste scene Slicked-back bun In the same shade of green Pilates at eight But they do it for the clicks Face tuned up Yeah they know all the tricks She says "I woke up like this" Organic and raw But I saw the pixelation Blurring out her jaw Fake Natty body Fake Natty on the app Selling makeup courses Girl it's nothing but a trap They hit the same pose They make the same face Running in circles In an artificial race Scrolling through the feed It's a simulation glitch Everybody switching up To figure out the pitch I'm just looking for a soul In the middle of the noise But it's nothing but a room Full of algorithmic decoys Everybody's trending Nobody's free Everybody's somebody Nobody's me I'm drowning In the Fake Natty vibes Living in a world Where authenticity dies Trying to find a real one A needle in the hay But these NPCs Are programmed Just to get in my way Chasing after clout Like a dog on a bone Everybody's connected But we're dying alone Yeah It's Fake Natty Vibes It's a plastic parade Welcome to the Matrix Where the truth starts to fade Hit record Fake a laugh Put it on the timeline Rented out the Prada Just to say that she's doing fine If it ain't a hashtag Did it even happen? If it ain't a hashtag Did it even happen? Lip-sync to the audio They ain't even rapping Caught them in the wild No filter on the face Looking like a stranger In a totally different place They would sell their best friend For a viral little trend We became the product Packaging it till the end Chasing after blue checks Water in the drought Whole squad starving Just to feed a little clout Blue light Beaming on an empty shell Is it heaven on the screen Or a pastel hell? I don't want the followers I just want a friend But the simulation's running Till the very end If everybody's perfect Who are we pretending for? When did being human Stop being enough anymore? I'm drowning In the Fake Natty vibes Living in a world Where authenticity dies Trying to find a real one A needle in the hay But these NPCs Are programmed Just to get in my way Chasing after clout Like a dog on a bone Everybody's connected But we're dying alone Yeah It's Fake Natty Vibes It's a plastic parade Welcome to the Matrix Where the truth starts to fade Am I a glitch In the code? An anomaly made? Or did I take the red pill To escape the parade? Everybody's Fake Natty... I... Gotta... Log off
Another perspective
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This recording appears on Coming of Age..., by Keviv Ardnahc and Ilajna Avatsavirs.
Credits and release
- Artist
- Ilajna Avatsavirs
- Lyrics / writing
- Keviv Ardnahc
- Released
- Producer
- Keviv Ardnahc