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"Try to realise it's all within yourself No one else can make you change And to see you're really only very small And life flows on within you and without you." -George Harrison
This song is a textbook example of good songwritting. Every 4 measures the storytelling from the lyrics goes deeper and deeper, avoids sounding redundant and keeps adding tension for the chorus to be expected and it hits just on time so the message from it hits harder each time and the melodic elements like the bass line, the guitar solos and riffs are simple and effective, very well implemented.
Offspring, i hate to say, can be formulaic with their music however, as you said, textbook. Rhyme, meter, verse, chorus and refrain. And their music is just great and still holds up decades later.
@@devild1986 Every song follows a formula whatsoever, but I get what you mean. Still, I think that whether you follow a more conventional song structure or not each section must collide properly, let's say there's a song that wants to "be different" and add a pre-verse that doesn't fit, in that case I'd rather listen to a more conventional song in terms of structure, but well implemented.
RIP to my friend and teammate James Green. He had everything going for him. I'll never forget attending a Milwaukee Brewers tryout camp and they kept him until the very end. A true talent. He could've easily made it to the show but his life was tragically cut short. This song will always remind me of him. See you soon Big Green.
I am 47 years old. This damn piece has been with me all the years since it was written. When I lack strength, motivation I turn it on loudly and it knits like coffee, alcohol and drugs at the same time! In 2025 I'm going to a concert to hear it live again!
Когда-то, много лет назад, я впервые услышал эту песню. Ничего, конечно, не понимал. Но звучание её настолько волшебное, что завораживало и влюбляло даже без понимания смысла. Теперь, спустя долгие и трудные годы, я всё ещё слушаю этот великий шедевр. Только теперь в моих глазах не радость, но слёзы. Спасибо вам, The Offspring, за то что сопровождаете и любите меня почти всю мою жизнь.
For me the song is hitting the point that as younger people we had all the potential of the world in our hands and dreams we could chase - but as we grew older, our financial situation - family and all the crap we had to deal with along the way changed us - we had to focus on surviving - earning to pay bills - dealing with terrible family dynamics that influences how we saw the world and how we reacted to what situations we found our selves in, some of our own making, other situations were out of our controls - hence the shattered dreams and wasted potential, cruelest dream is reality if you dont make yourself strong enough to overcome the challenges --- 39 years old and this song hits hard - im not where i dreamed I would be as a teenager - but I am thankful for what I have fought for - it could have been much worse.
Your comment hits so hard, only truths, that's also why time is so precious, having lost +10 years of my life from my adolescence until I was almost 27 it hurts terribly. It's supposed to be the best and greatest time of our lives and I didn't get to enjoy it, partly my fault to be honest but there were too many things I couldn't control.. and it That's what hurts the most. I don't know where I will be in 10 years, all I can say to the younger people reading this comment is that under no circumstances should you waste your time or stay in a place where you get bored. If your life seems dull and you are missing out on something, wake up, you can still pull yourself together! You have to go for it and enjoy, experiment and discover as much as you can, do good around you, as best you can and above all don't look back. Life is far too short and precious to waste your time, the worst thing is to find yourself in 10, 15 or 20 years and have regrets. You must avoid that at all costs, regrets are the worst thing, I know that you have already seen and heard this type of speech many times and that it is much easier to to say what to do, I had exactly this kind of reaction and today I bitterly regret it. If you need help, get help, talk to someone, anyone, but above all don't stay alone, whoever you are, no matter where you are there will always be people who appreciate you and who will love you! Be yourself as much as possible, don't be afraid and move forward, move forward, move forward again and again. I want that in 10 years or more you will have no regrets when you come back to listen to your favorite music, RUclips is the greatest time machine so until then I want your nostalgia for the future to make you much more happy than sad !
What you say is so true, been listening to this type of music for the past 20yrs only, before I use to be a edm freak, but the words in these songs hit hard reality as if these guys can see the future, had I know back then what I know now, I would have made all the same mistakes as they where well worth it, however fixing them would have been so much easier........For those of you young than 30 yrs old, listen to the above mentioned words carefully as it is straight out reality, wise words to follow and I quote "Do not create problems for your self, as other people will create enough problems for you" I never new what it meant at the time I was told, 37 years later I now know that this is the reality this world issues to us all........ My man you are a legend for putting this out there and even if your words only helps 1 youngster it would have been well worth it ... I diffidently second your statement 100%
@@keithshardiz210Hit the nail on the head. Life is too short and regrets are the worst. I've been aware of that for so long yet I keep making mistakes.
I hear you my brother and you are spot on it seems like only a few years ago i was partying every night and lived the best life now all my family has died and half of my friends the mother of my child after being together for 20 years said she was going to say hi to a friend and didnt come back or ever say goodbye to are son and my whole world fell apart with no family or friends to turn to and it was on my 50th birthday and i thought life sux being old i hate it i wish i could go back ,now 5 years on me and my 12 year old are having the best fuckin time of are life and then i thought hang on im old now but im so happy and also have the smarts not to be a young drunk wanker chasing after drugs and women and would never want to be young dumb and full of come and my sons mums life is a nightmare and hates everyday of her life so i must admit i love getting old as now im wise and life is great and i think us men are scared of getting old but i havent got old my 12 year old seems more grown up lol so never hate getting older as it can end uo being the best time of your life and u dont have to grow old and feel old im still 20 in my head but as the old saying goes youth is wasted on the young. ps sorry this was so long my point was if u are alot younger than me imbrace getting older and love it because life at 20 seems like u will live for ever but after u turn 50 makes u thing every day counts as u know time is slowly running out so u make every day count and betime im 60 soon i will have more tattoo and piercing than any one i know and wil still think im 20 till the day i say goodbye ,as its so cool getting old as u have heaps of cash and are smart as hell and i now look back and think yer fuck that its so much better now ,good luck growing old my brother hope u love it as much as i have so now im off to have a cone and blast out the ramones and i kick my boys ass on xbox.
@@deanmarsland867 esa gente que le tiene miedo a la muerte y le causa preocupación... Tio, la muerte es el comienzo de la fiesta, si algo aprendí, es que vivir portándose bien es lo mas inútil que puedes hacer! De pibe me decían "diviértete", de mayor me dicen "pórtate bien", sabes que? No hagas caso a lo que dice la gente, vive tu vida a tu manera sin importar lo que hagan o digan los demás! De joven me forme intelectualmente y fui muy puritano y exigente, ahora de mayor con tanta madurez se lo que hago y se porque lo hago, y eso me da certeza! No sigo la propaganda política, de que cuando les conviene descontrolan a la sociedad o según la conveniencia los someten a normas morales! Soy un tipo libre, sigo mis propias normas, si quiero no hago nada, y si quiero me voy de gira! Lo que importa es lo que tu quieres, sin importar que, y hacia donde se dirija la manada.
my parents bought this CD for me on my 8th birthday (mostly because my dad secretly loved The Offspring) He has since passed. I'm 29 now and still have the exact same CD...it's one of my most prized possessions.
Lost so many friends down the road. What I tell youth now is to cherish each other and enjoy every single moment with each other and always better each other cause I promise you nothing stays the same. Nothing is sacred. Time stops for no one. Life as you know it will just be one big memory.
I still think the Offpsring has some of the best lyrics. Their stuff was never simply about sex and partying like a lot of the artists, their lyrics are extremely well written, yet still raw. Dexter is obviously brilliant as someone with a PhD should be, and I'm glad that I had the chance to grow up on his lyrics and see him live twice.
"Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring captures the essence of our collective struggle, echoing louder in today's world. We were those kids, and it seems the cycle continues with conditions worsening for the next generation. But amidst the chaos, rock and metal have always been our glue, the powerful force that held us together. These genres are more than music; they're a community, a form of resistance, and a source of strength. As we navigate these turbulent times, let's remember the bond that rock and metal have forged among us. They've been our solace, our rallying cry, and our call to unity. Let's lean on that unbreakable bond, support one another, and continue to be the change we've always sought. Together, with rock and metal as our anchor, we can weather any storm.
Lyrics When we were young, the future was so bright Woah-oh The old neighborhood was so alive Woah-oh And every kid on the whole damn street Woah-oh Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn Woah-oh The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn Woah-oh How can one little street swallow so many lives? Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for, used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (go!) Jamie had a chance, well, she really did Woah-oh Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Woah-oh Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job Woah-oh He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay commited suicide Woah-oh Brandon OD'd and died Woah-oh What the hell is going on? The cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for, used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (Go!) Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for (what), used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams
Crazy to think at 34 now that this songs resonates way different than It did when I was young, when I was a teenager it was full of adrenaline an happy emotions , now older with life obstacles in the way and best friends that have come and go due to addictions , suicide and overdose makes this song hit different , some people make it in life some dont. Everyone is battling demons no one knows about , just make peace and be kind to people!
I, unfortunately, learned that lesson when I was way younger than I should have been so The Offspring always hit like this for me, it just hits harder now then ever.
27 years old, this song always hits me right in the feelings. back in the 90's almost nobody could understand English in my country. as a kid we ( me and my friends) always enjoyed this song. of course we had no idea what this song was about, but as I grew up, so this song became real for me and for my friends who are gone.. and we listened this song together. yes, the world is a cruel place, struggling with anxiety, depression and neurosis, fear of pandemic stuff and trying to survive when you have no real friend around. a bunch of fake imbeciles wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever is your sexual orientation or religious views, you aren't alone. we have to stay strong or we'll become the lyric of this song as my old friends. still remember the way how they smiled and laughed, but can't forget how I buried them. I mean a funeral "ceremony" may god bless ya'll
back when I didn't speak any English all these punk rock bands from late 90's/early 2000's sounded so positive and high energy. I had no idea what they were saying so these songs would always cheer me up and make my day seem brighter. Little did I knew these lyrics were deeply depressing or anti-stablishment.
Take the dark lyrics as your motivation to be a better person and make the world a better place. If we all do this, our grandchildren may get to know these songs just as a reminder of a terrible past.
Yes! I just came across it by chance and thought to myself: "Offspring, you haven't heard that for a long time!" Oh boy...the lyrics...what the hell.... But it is what it is. Friends actually killed themselves, smoked weed and were unemployed. That's how it is. I decided a few years ago to become the master of my own destiny. Everyone is responsible for getting themselves out of their own mess. Pull yourselves together and blame YOURSELVES. You can do it.... we are all gonna make it brah, that's it.
It's like all those MAGA hats unironically singing along to Born in the USA thinking it is some sort of jingoistic ballad. Maybe they should try listening to some of its lyrics?
To the future people who are listening to this song, please don’t let this masterpiece die. Please let this song live on through on all eternity!! I’m begging you!!
As kid i never understood this song however as an adult now i truly understand it now more then ever. This song will always be relevant no matter how old it is. We were once kids with dreams some of us achieved those dreams, most of us had our dreams shattered, some of us couldn't handle the pressures of reality no more, but most of us stuck with it. the cruelest dream is reality for sure.
Yes - how true this is. People dream of the stars and some pretty much get there, while others plummet back to Earth with a bump. Most of us are somewhere in the middle.
Same. I just passed it off as another rock song at the time. Never really ad attention to the lyrics. That second verse is exceptional writing. Great song, FANTASTIC video
Yeah I think most of us fell through the cracks. School just wants to to graduate, they don’t care as much if you cheat or not on tests. They just want to get themselves a good score so they can get more money. Teachers are crushed by the amount of work, student behavior, educational board requirements, im sure there’s more. Parents just want to see you succeed. But they won’t tell you how to. Or teach you how to bc that’s the “schools job” I think there is a fundamental disconnect between parents, school boards and teachers. I think it’s safe to say that Americans schools are useless when it comes to getting kids, teens and young adults ready for the “real world” It’s no wonder people fail hard after high school or college.
The music video to this song is so well done. It portrays how deep the song really is, and lives stray from a path pretend innocence that the teen years were.
Мне кажется это лучший клип 90x - 2000 годов. Всем причастным людям, авторам, группе и так далее, огромное уважение. С любовью из России. Помню как мы записывали клипы с канала MTV на кассеты VHS, было круто
90s baby now 32. My cousin is addicted to alcohol and drugs, my friend committed suicide at 21. This song means a lot to me and I’m lucky I’ve chose a right path in this twisted world. Offspring forever 🎸
The sad part is the older you get the more likely you realize The Offspring sold out to Vevo and this is just a false image of the Offspring you thought you knew.
Yesterday was my birthday. Exactly 20 years ago a friend who also visited me now, made me a present of 'Americana' cassette. It has been one of my favorite songs ever since.
Being 25 now, and listening to Our childhood songs with a whole different level of Understanding them, compared to 12, 13 & 14 years old...man i'm Falling in love with these old tracks ALL OVER AGAIN❤
I used to like this song in my teens because it sounded sick and catchy, now I'm 35 and it gives me goosebumps. when your young and have the whole world Infront you don't realise the kind of shit you're going to see or fall into, how fast people around you change, falling into the pits and ruts of life sometimes never to be seen again. This song has a whole new feeling to me now, it still sounds sick, it's just more morose.
The importance of this music becomes more vivid with age. "Cruelest dream, reality" - The 30-somethings tried to warn us. A catchy tune landing on deaf ears. Ears simultanouesly geting deafer and less deaf with time... I witnessed everything they warned me about yet I'm still to do anything to mitigate it or reverse the damage. God speed
This song is so true on so many levels. We used to have a bright future and a great society filled with many dreams, and now we're slowly but surely losing that to greed, sloth and arrogance.
When I was a kid I listened to this song with my group of friends and thought "this is so cool"... Now I realized what this song really says and it gets deep in you. Specially when you are the one who stayed in town and the one who got to explain to old friends that came back what happened to our group. It hits you really hard when you see that tear after telling them...
Better than them offing themselves or getting a drug addiction. Edit: Okay maybe not Fortnite. But I'd still be fine with playing video games and bonding with them.
Yep, we're parents now of kids around the age where things get complicated and time seem to start moving faster. The magic, faith and luster begin to fade and that grumpy, greedy, cutthroat b*tch called adulthood comes knocking at your door and rent is due.
‘Cause you don’t see the life with the child that is in everyone of us. So when people grow turn almost in themeselves and everything seems more dark and cold. I’m not completely on the wave of this song. Everyone should look at the cold and hard part of the life since he is a kid with an adult that try to talk about it near him. So when the life and many venemous persons that you meet, they will give you a less deep and heavy impact to the society and. Childhood should’nt be an illusion as The Offspring sing in this song. When a solid wall of it crash down you can feel lost.
it really is the end of the world it is since 2000 years when jesus first came now is just at its peak, for god 1 thousand years is a second and a second is 1 thousand years! the sign 666 will be keeping sunday as day of worship! you heared me right! the 4th comandement in the ten laws is keep my sabats ,that shall be a sign between me and you, it was refering to the jews, but the bible has 100 precent actuality and 100 precent do as god said no matter the times! the godgiven day of worship the sabath is saturday not sunday! sunday was the first day of the weak, vatican and the popes changed it , claiming they have is autorityn as the pope is god on earth, ruler of heavens earth and hell! now this is the bigest blasphemy somone claiming hes god! the pope already met with all worlds leaders, political-religious-and the 1precent wealthiest people on earth the illuminatis A class luciferian puppets! they met saying they discuss the climate change problem! what happened when jesus was crucified , saying that is better for one man to die than the whole people to be in disagreement, this is text book what will happen these days, youl hear this soon enough,! as inflation and economy, the famens the climate calamities , wile keep growing in intensity, whatever they do it by harpp projects or some ar really god let to happen, as its all predicted in Daniel prophet and apocalypse! the fear the teror the need for a solution will expend, ! all this problems will be blaimed on those who refuse to worship sunday , the sign of the pope, and everything will be blamed on this few people who refuse to bow in front of vatican (sunday)! text book what happened with jesus will happen to those who refuse popes autority who claims he is god, and all this wrath is beacouse this public enemys refuse to listen to him! but lucifer was defeated in heavens, was defeated at the cruce, and will be defeated in the end! for those who understand jesuses died for all sins , and all sinners, no man is reedemed by his deeds but by gods grace, and the holy spirit who strenghtens those who care only about what the bible says , and refuse to worship a man given day! evrything is mad for people to be blind to this: "ego" "music" "brandi love", its all made to sell you a false sense of utopia and comfort, meanwille you neglect this most precious times ever on earth! whoever has bible questions, pls feel free tontext me!
Got to agree with everyone where this is one of those songs that you just don’t get when you’re younger. Was never one of my favourites growing up but when I rediscovered it a few years ago it certainly has become one. Whole lotta emotions from this one
I blame hormones. We simply don't produce the same type and quanity of hormones when we are teenagers vs our 30s and 40s. Our very bodies recycle the entire mass of our cells something like once every 7 years, we almost become different people multiple times throughout our lives.
When you are over 40 years old and reflect on all the changes and misfortunes that your neighborhood has gone through, this song takes on an even stronger meaning than when you listened to it when you were still young and innocent. Timeless music!
Nowadays I’m 35 and I’m a youth counsellor. I was running a group program on Wednesday and the theme of the session was sharing songs that have an emotional impact on us. Not only does it reiterate how much music is a great coping mechanism, but it gets the kids talking about their feelings and emotions in a place that is safe and they don’t even realise their sharing their vulnerabilities cause it’s such a comfortable way to do so. After I played ‘Three Little birds’ to discuss a song that helps me feel really upbeat, they asked me to play a song that hits me in the more sadder emotions… we ran out of time but this will be the song I play to them next week. Gets me in all the feels.
@@ex_leper222 they were more excited about playing the group their choices of songs, but there were comments like ‘ohhhh this song! I know this song!’ 😂
This song perfectly describes my experience growing up in the lower middle class suburbs in the 90's and early 00's. I know a house for every line in this song. Hell, even one of the names is the same.
Мне было 12, когда я услышал этот трэк. Сейчас мне 35, и совсем не весело, как это было ранее. Возраст раскрыл смысл. Слезы на глазах и тёплая ностальгия из юности. Ребят, здорово, что вы есть. Вы одни такие. Спасибо вам.
Lyrics: When we were young, the future was so bright Woah-oh The old neighborhood was so alive Woah-oh And every kid on the whole damn street Woah-oh Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn Woah-oh The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn Woah-oh How can one little street swallow so many lives? Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (Go!) Jamie had a chance, well she really did Woah-oh Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Woah-oh Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job Woah-oh He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay commited suicide Woah-oh Brandon OD'd and died Woah-oh What the hell is going on? The cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (Go!) Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for (what) used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams
I play this song onmw to school on the bus the listen to this at lunch and get on the bus when I go home it an amazing song with shattered dreams drugs and suicide not the kind of thing you would expect from a band except from soundgarden holy shit they have some evil sounding guitar riffs as well
It’s not just that in June 2024 we still listen to ROCK in our blood. I'm Russian, but I grew up listening to US rock. I thank the performers for the amazing moments that came from MTV to RUSSIA. All the best
I think, to this day, that early 2000s was the best era in russian culture. Специально для тебя скажу - после девяностых, когда наконец культура зоны и разбоя сошла на нет, ей на смену пришли настроения Запада, ветер перемен. И, в отличие от того, что происходит сейчас, мы не просто скопировали, а впитали, адаптировали, перестроили и улучшили то, что получили, и в итоге заимели нечто невероятное, не похожее ни на что, уникальное и сильное. И в кино, и в музыке, и в ТВ, и в искусстве. И даже обычная жизнь людей была пропитана свободой и душой. К сожалению, ближе к 2010 это стало сходить на нет, и уже к 2012-2013 уже пропало почти повсеместно
Ptmm 2024. ! Vámos con todo.! Como olvidar este pedazo d tema, estaba terminando el cole y se oia en las mejores radios y Mtv Ahora aquí con el volumen a topee entrenando dorsales-biceps " motivation total". !
Thanks for asking. Everybody is alive. - Girl who lived two doors next to me has her parents still living in that house. Is a municipal architect. Basically she says where town places roads, pipelines and parks etc. - Hyperactive musical boy has a band. Not very succesful. - The big boy is making games and is thin now - The sporty boy is a lawyer and fat now - Other sporty boy is a Police officer - Silent girl is in hotel business - Silent boy is a millionaire and his parents still live in the same old house. - Back benchers 4 boys (me included) Trucker, AC installer, Firesafety specialist and electrician
This popped up as a recommendation during lockdown. I'm 6'3, mid 30s, full bearded man and rarely get sad - more the sort to get angry than actually sad. This video broke me. Hadnt cried so hard in years. Maybe I needed it but it really hit something. What I would do for one more day with my old group of friends, baggy jeans, chains, in the local metal club and getting up to stupid shit without a worry of the future.
I'm going on 50, it is what it is my friend....make the best of the rest of it, at least we get this time to reflect....if you're still breathing, there is still time....Much love
Bro you just took the words outta my mouth it's hard to listen to this song now days everything's so differant I hate who I have become. Point blank I wish I could do it all over. Hold your head up
My dad passed away yesterday and now I'm making a playlist with all the songs he loved and I remember him by. This is one of them. Thank you dad for showing me the greatest artists of all times. Loved, missed and never forgotten 🤘🔥
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Born in the 60's, love 80's music. My two boy's got me listening to the offspring in the 90's and I haven't looked back they are still awesome in 2019.
Just watched the SUICIDE SQUAD movie and just realized that this Song is bascially a RIP OFF of the JIM CARROLL BAND's 1980 song: 'People Who Died' ruclips.net/video/tf4d7VxcQ30/видео.html
When you are young you are naive, dreamy, you love almost everything and starting with teachers almost all frustrated and jealous adults tried to take advantage of you. Sometimes also your parents. You should think this when you now are in front of young boys and girls
When we were young, the future was so bright Woah-oh The old neighborhood was so alive Woah-oh And every kid on the whole damn street Woah-oh Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn Woah-oh The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn Woah-oh How can one little street swallow so many lives? Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (Go!) Jamie had a chance, well she really did Woah-oh Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Woah-oh Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job Woah-oh He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay commited suicide Woah-oh Brandon OD'd and died Woah-oh What the hell is going on? The cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (Go!) Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for (what) used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams
Just like that! When you are a kid, in the immense shades of colors of your euphoria and dreams you continually exclaim "My G..d how beautiful, one day I'll do this, I'll do that". Then when you grow up in the cold and gray of real life you just say “Unfortunately that's how it happened.” As Robert Smith sings in his song “All cats are grey” /
I first heard this back in 2009-2010 when I was 13-14 years old. This brings back a lot of happy memories of just banging to hits like this one and skating all day. Were carefree days back then, unlike now. Good thing is thanks to the internet, you can always come back to these songs and remember the good ol days!
@@___-xf5dj ommfggg yesss! I remember trying to rap one of their verses in class in the 5th grade and totally bombed felt embarrassed asf 😭🤣 ah memories lol
Yah, I forgot this band also. I will try to put this band on my USB Radio. In the time these bands was some kind of a joke, but we can see that they did a lot of good MUSIC with feeling. Nowadays the music are empty
Lyrics Now!: When we were young the future was so bright The old neighborhood was so alive And every kid on the whole damn street Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn The kids are grown up but their lives are worn How can one little street Swallow so many lives Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for what used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams Jamie had a chance, well she really did Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay committed suicide Brandon OD'd and died What the hell is going on The cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for what used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for what used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams
I think that one of the most important things we can do for the next generation is to let them know early on in their teen years the real meaning of this song and how it relates to real life.
@anomie nous To me the real meaning of this song is that everyone had unreal expectations on how life was going to be, and when reality hit and people found out they weren't special and they weren't all going to make it big they stopped caring. Rather than preparing themselves to make themselves big by working people were told that they were going to make it big without any effort, and to me that is a huge disservice to a person.
This song's actually depressing and deep as shit. Normal, happy kids who once had amibitions, goals and dreams in their life. But ended up either addicted, homeless, dead or in a terrible situation later in life
@@fredfry5100 It seems to me atleast to be very hard to be only one doing almost anything and being only person in the world to do so with so many of us here on planet earth :3
I was a 13 when this came out and was obsessed with Offspring, Greenday, Korn, Placebo, Limp Bizkit, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, RHCP and now I have teens of my own who discovered Offspring and all the other bands I listened too!
And do you like also The Cure, Ramones, David Bowie, Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Dream Theater, Linkin Park, Ugly Kid Joe? Slowdive? Actually I can appreciate Billie Eilish too! She’s so eclectic, so Indie...
Este RIFF no começo da música é show música boa nunca fica no esquecimento, hoje estou com 50 anos e quando ouvi a música pela primeira vez na juventude ficou gravado na cabeça 😊
@@oopsallchromosomes8994 It's about all problems including drugs. He talks about his buddy overdosing and dying in this song. What the hell do you even mean?
No it doesn't. We just don't remember or care about what it meant when it came out. Life isn't harder now than it was, the dangers of our choices aren't more poignant we just don't respect anything from yesterday anymore.
@@whisperienced are you kidding??? It's about every possible problem a child that becomes an adult can have. Missed opportunities, drugs, early pregnancies, or whatever. It's about the choices you make as you get older and life as an adult and the ramifications of making poor choices
I hear you man. I remember going on a school trip and a kid on the bus was singing "why don't you get a job" at the top of his voice. I'm thinking it must have been mid '99. Probably the trip before summer holidays. This album was huge in 99.
For me, one of the best bands of my adolescence... Punk... Crazy... Hardcore... Style... There was a lot of street skateboarding, rollerblading, cross-country bikes and a lot of adrenaline in my veins... 1998, my adolescence, the best crazy years of my life. Today, at 41, everything sucks, this adult life 😢 everything is bad and boring, so much whining, so much fuss, happy are those who have already died, best years 80's 90's 2000's... Rest in Peace Old Times Wonderful ✌️🕊️
This was one of the first albums I ever purchased for myself as a teenager. This was one of my favourite tracks... I used to listen to it without knowing how much relevance the song would hold in life now over 20 years later. Pretty insane. One of us OD'd One of us died in an accident One of us got addicted to crack and vanished One of us can't get past the struggle for minimum wage One of us has been on suicide watch multiple times and can't hold any sort of job One of us has an unknown illness that's slowly killing him One of us is an accomplished type of person but can't break their gambling addiction One of us got handed the family business but that's his life now One of us fell into family life with a toxic relationship One of us went crazy One of us went overseas One of us actually made it somewhere themselves in life And then there's me. I was born with an anxiety disorder. I used to think I'd fall into some category there above... but oddly enough life is panning out ok. You know, for all those burned dreams and long gone aspirations I have now, hearing this song really puts it into perspective just how lucky I am to be on the path I'm on, even though life isn't exactly as I'd hoped it would be nor am I nowhere near any position I'd like to be in with my career and family life, I'm happy and have a direction in life to move in. Just that alone counts for more than most it seems. Oh how lucky I really am.
Thank you really much for your comment.I'm actually 26 and i see people just get wracked ,and so i am .But at least ,you bring some hope that something good can actually happen in our life .Very appreciated
@@eded6362 All I'll say I never loose sight of what's real Ed man, meaning, value your friendships and relationships, work hard for yourself and reward yourself for it and be humble enough to accept your shortcomings and aim to improve just a little bit every day. Life will pan out just fine bro.
"Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for
What used to be" - the most relatable lyrics in a song to this day.
Always loved this song but the older I get the more painful this song becomes. A lot of harsh truths we all can relate to in these lyrics.
This. Everytime I come back to this song, this.
True
It is what it is.
don't be beech!
4 REELZ🤯🤯🤯
20+ years later and him describing basically every person that grew up my small home town gives me chills.
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@@Maxime_Gratitude are you going through every comment saying this
Same, except the street I grew up on kinda, 2 cop kids that I heard turned bad, a girl that dropped out and had kids and my drug addict ass....
"Try to realise it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you."
-George Harrison
24 years later
Sometimes I can listen to this song and sing it happily... And, sometimes, this song has something that breaks me. This is just a masterpiece❤
This song is a textbook example of good songwritting. Every 4 measures the storytelling from the lyrics goes deeper and deeper, avoids sounding redundant and keeps adding tension for the chorus to be expected and it hits just on time so the message from it hits harder each time and the melodic elements like the bass line, the guitar solos and riffs are simple and effective, very well implemented.
❤
I concur very well put
Offspring, i hate to say, can be formulaic with their music however, as you said, textbook. Rhyme, meter, verse, chorus and refrain. And their music is just great and still holds up decades later.
@@devild1986 Every song follows a formula whatsoever, but I get what you mean. Still, I think that whether you follow a more conventional song structure or not each section must collide properly, let's say there's a song that wants to "be different" and add a pre-verse that doesn't fit, in that case I'd rather listen to a more conventional song in terms of structure, but well implemented.
@@leonardomurillo6256 I still love every album I've listened to by them. As I said, it isn't a diss
RIP to my friend and teammate James Green. He had everything going for him. I'll never forget attending a Milwaukee Brewers tryout camp and they kept him until the very end. A true talent. He could've easily made it to the show but his life was tragically cut short. This song will always remind me of him. See you soon Big Green.
My condolences 🙏
What happened to him? Probably some Worthless Drunk Driver killed him, that seems to happen a LOT anymore :(
My condolences 🙏
Rip for too many
。。。ネ。。隼人､､､落ちたやろ､､､少し､､､
After +20 years, the message of this song couldn’t be more true. Pioneers.
I am 47 years old. This damn piece has been with me all the years since it was written. When I lack strength, motivation I turn it on loudly and it knits like coffee, alcohol and drugs at the same time! In 2025 I'm going to a concert to hear it live again!
Proof that punk can make it big and still hold its soul of reflecting the ills of society. 2024 and more relevant than ever.
true say
Biden’s America 😔
what a beautiful world would be if you were wrong
People say its a phase i never thought that i hear it cause it sounds good
Not punk
Когда-то, много лет назад, я впервые услышал эту песню. Ничего, конечно, не понимал. Но звучание её настолько волшебное, что завораживало и влюбляло даже без понимания смысла. Теперь, спустя долгие и трудные годы, я всё ещё слушаю этот великий шедевр. Только теперь в моих глазах не радость, но слёзы. Спасибо вам, The Offspring, за то что сопровождаете и любите меня почти всю мою жизнь.
So awesome!
Glad it's inspired you so much. Good band.
You gonna go far kid!
+ крутая песня, особенно если знать перевод)
Я чувствую то же самое, только с другой стороны планеты Земля. Привет, друг.
For me the song is hitting the point that as younger people we had all the potential of the world in our hands and dreams we could chase - but as we grew older, our financial situation - family and all the crap we had to deal with along the way changed us - we had to focus on surviving - earning to pay bills - dealing with terrible family dynamics that influences how we saw the world and how we reacted to what situations we found our selves in, some of our own making, other situations were out of our controls - hence the shattered dreams and wasted potential, cruelest dream is reality if you dont make yourself strong enough to overcome the challenges --- 39 years old and this song hits hard - im not where i dreamed I would be as a teenager - but I am thankful for what I have fought for - it could have been much worse.
Your comment hits so hard, only truths, that's also why time is so precious, having lost +10 years of my life from my adolescence until I was almost 27 it hurts terribly. It's supposed to be the best and greatest time of our lives and I didn't get to enjoy it, partly my fault to be honest but there were too many things I couldn't control.. and it That's what hurts the most. I don't know where I will be in 10 years, all I can say to the younger people reading this comment is that under no circumstances should you waste your time or stay in a place where you get bored. If your life seems dull and you are missing out on something, wake up, you can still pull yourself together! You have to go for it and enjoy, experiment and discover as much as you can, do good around you, as best you can and above all don't look back. Life is far too short and precious to waste your time, the worst thing is to find yourself in 10, 15 or 20 years and have regrets. You must avoid that at all costs, regrets are the worst thing, I know that you have already seen and heard this type of speech many times and that it is much easier to to say what to do, I had exactly this kind of reaction and today I bitterly regret it. If you need help, get help, talk to someone, anyone, but above all don't stay alone, whoever you are, no matter where you are there will always be people who appreciate you and who will love you! Be yourself as much as possible, don't be afraid and move forward, move forward, move forward again and again. I want that in 10 years or more you will have no regrets when you come back to listen to your favorite music, RUclips is the greatest time machine so until then I want your nostalgia for the future to make you much more happy than sad !
What you say is so true, been listening to this type of music for the past 20yrs only, before I use to be a edm freak, but the words in these songs hit hard reality as if these guys can see the future, had I know back then what I know now, I would have made all the same mistakes as they where well worth it, however fixing them would have been so much easier........For those of you young than 30 yrs old, listen to the above mentioned words carefully as it is straight out reality, wise words to follow and I quote "Do not create problems for your self, as other people will create enough problems for you" I never new what it meant at the time I was told, 37 years later I now know that this is the reality this world issues to us all........ My man you are a legend for putting this out there and even if your words only helps 1 youngster it would have been well worth it ...
I diffidently second your statement 100%
@@keithshardiz210Hit the nail on the head. Life is too short and regrets are the worst. I've been aware of that for so long yet I keep making mistakes.
This whole album is a masterpiece.
Yes❤
Quero bunda
When you grow up everything becomes less bright.
When you're young you don't give a shit about anything, you live as it comes and that's beautiful.
dunno im 24 and life gets faster and less enjoyable... also broke af, that plays a big part too
I hear you my brother and you are spot on it seems like only a few years ago i was partying every night and lived the best life now all my family has died and half of my friends the mother of my child after being together for 20 years said she was going to say hi to a friend and didnt come back or ever say goodbye to are son and my whole world fell apart with no family or friends to turn to and it was on my 50th birthday and i thought life sux being old i hate it i wish i could go back ,now 5 years on me and my 12 year old are having the best fuckin time of are life and then i thought hang on im old now but im so happy and also have the smarts not to be a young drunk wanker chasing after drugs and women and would never want to be young dumb and full of come and my sons mums life is a nightmare and hates everyday of her life so i must admit i love getting old as now im wise and life is great and i think us men are scared of getting old but i havent got old my 12 year old seems more grown up lol so never hate getting older as it can end uo being the best time of your life and u dont have to grow old and feel old im still 20 in my head but as the old saying goes youth is wasted on the young. ps sorry this was so long my point was if u are alot younger than me imbrace getting older and love it because life at 20 seems like u will live for ever but after u turn 50 makes u thing every day counts as u know time is slowly running out so u make every day count and betime im 60 soon i will have more tattoo and piercing than any one i know and wil still think im 20 till the day i say goodbye ,as its so cool getting old as u have heaps of cash and are smart as hell and i now look back and think yer fuck that its so much better now ,good luck growing old my brother hope u love it as much as i have so now im off to have a cone and blast out the ramones and
i kick my boys ass on xbox.
A mi me paso al revés, de pibe me cuidaba, quizás por la educación de mis padres, ahora de mayor hago lo que quiero!
@@deanmarsland867 esa gente que le tiene miedo a la muerte y le causa preocupación... Tio, la muerte es el comienzo de la fiesta, si algo aprendí, es que vivir portándose bien es lo mas inútil que puedes hacer! De pibe me decían "diviértete", de mayor me dicen "pórtate bien", sabes que? No hagas caso a lo que dice la gente, vive tu vida a tu manera sin importar lo que hagan o digan los demás! De joven me forme intelectualmente y fui muy puritano y exigente, ahora de mayor con tanta madurez se lo que hago y se porque lo hago, y eso me da certeza! No sigo la propaganda política, de que cuando les conviene descontrolan a la sociedad o según la conveniencia los someten a normas morales! Soy un tipo libre, sigo mis propias normas, si quiero no hago nada, y si quiero me voy de gira! Lo que importa es lo que tu quieres, sin importar que, y hacia donde se dirija la manada.
When I was 15 years old this song sounded nice.
Now I'm 39 years old and it hits on a whole other level.
Honestly
I know exactly how you feel. It just hits differently now 😢.
@@hayvenforpeace Its nostalgia with a hint of fuck up
When I was 12 we used to eat a pound of sugar and go apeshit, now im 34 and my mom still gets mad at me. easy 10/10 song
Same here... 34 now... and still hits me like the first time
my parents bought this CD for me on my 8th birthday (mostly because my dad secretly loved The Offspring) He has since passed. I'm 29 now and still have the exact same CD...it's one of my most prized possessions.
lost my old man at 25
@@jared2Hundo sry
Christopher Jacobucci my old man left
I am sorry for your loss.
@@jared2Hundo I am sorry for your loss.
Lost so many friends down the road. What I tell youth now is to cherish each other and enjoy every single moment with each other and always better each other cause I promise you nothing stays the same. Nothing is sacred. Time stops for no one. Life as you know it will just be one big memory.
I still think the Offpsring has some of the best lyrics. Their stuff was never simply about sex and partying like a lot of the artists, their lyrics are extremely well written, yet still raw. Dexter is obviously brilliant as someone with a PhD should be, and I'm glad that I had the chance to grow up on his lyrics and see him live twice.
Also green day, Nirvana, System of a Down, Linkin Park, Sum 41 (and more) have good text
"Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring captures the essence of our collective struggle, echoing louder in today's world. We were those kids, and it seems the cycle continues with conditions worsening for the next generation. But amidst the chaos, rock and metal have always been our glue, the powerful force that held us together. These genres are more than music; they're a community, a form of resistance, and a source of strength. As we navigate these turbulent times, let's remember the bond that rock and metal have forged among us. They've been our solace, our rallying cry, and our call to unity. Let's lean on that unbreakable bond, support one another, and continue to be the change we've always sought. Together, with rock and metal as our anchor, we can weather any storm.
Gay
@@mattgrant5341no u
Well said. It sure as hell isn't gay.
It's extremely gay, maybe the gayest comment I've ever seen on RUclips
Thanks, AI.
Lyrics
When we were young, the future was so bright
Woah-oh
The old neighborhood was so alive
Woah-oh
And every kid on the whole damn street
Woah-oh
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
Woah-oh
The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn
Woah-oh
How can one little street swallow so many lives?
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (go!)
Jamie had a chance, well, she really did
Woah-oh
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Woah-oh
Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job
Woah-oh
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay commited suicide
Woah-oh
Brandon OD'd and died
Woah-oh
What the hell is going on?
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (Go!)
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for (what), used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
I think it's 'Cruel, extreme reality'
Nonouts correct.
The cruelest dream is reality..
Thanks bro👌🏾👊🏽
thanks
@@fluffmma9076yess sir
Crazy to think at 34 now that this songs resonates way different than It did when I was young, when I was a teenager it was full of adrenaline an happy emotions , now older with life obstacles in the way and best friends that have come and go due to addictions , suicide and overdose makes this song hit different , some people make it in life some dont. Everyone is battling demons no one knows about , just make peace and be kind to people!
Good advice
Every person you meet is fighting a battle you know *nothing* about.
If only this lesson was taught to every child.
Just moved back to my old hometown after 10 years abroad. The kids I grew up with that didnt make it out are definately not alright
I'm one of the lucky ones. Did I become huge? No. But I survived situations I had no right to survive, and have a reasonable -- if quiet -- life.
I, unfortunately, learned that lesson when I was way younger than I should have been so The Offspring always hit like this for me, it just hits harder now then ever.
27 years old, this song always hits me right in the feelings. back in the 90's almost nobody could understand English in my country. as a kid we ( me and my friends) always enjoyed this song. of course we had no idea what this song was about, but as I grew up, so this song became real for me and for my friends who are gone.. and we listened this song together.
yes, the world is a cruel place, struggling with anxiety, depression and neurosis, fear of pandemic stuff and trying to survive when you have no real friend around. a bunch of fake imbeciles
wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever is your sexual orientation or religious views, you aren't alone.
we have to stay strong or we'll become the lyric of this song as my old friends. still remember the way how they smiled and laughed, but can't forget how I buried them. I mean a funeral "ceremony"
may god bless ya'll
This was my most treasured album back in the day. It still is.
I think I still have the CD somewhere....
This song reminds me of growing up in my hometown Ticonderoga
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central Cheers to sorta growing up but not really!
Same here, actually my first album ever.
No lie, one of my first, was in 5th grade lol. got it for xmas
back when I didn't speak any English all these punk rock bands from late 90's/early 2000's sounded so positive and high energy. I had no idea what they were saying so these songs would always cheer me up and make my day seem brighter. Little did I knew these lyrics were deeply depressing or anti-stablishment.
Take the dark lyrics as your motivation to be a better person and make the world a better place. If we all do this, our grandchildren may get to know these songs just as a reminder of a terrible past.
Same here this songs hit totally different nowadays
its what made them good, they were always real.
Yes! I just came across it by chance and thought to myself: "Offspring, you haven't heard that for a long time!" Oh boy...the lyrics...what the hell....
But it is what it is. Friends actually killed themselves, smoked weed and were unemployed.
That's how it is. I decided a few years ago to become the master of my own destiny. Everyone is responsible for getting themselves out of their own mess. Pull yourselves together and blame YOURSELVES. You can do it....
we are all gonna make it brah, that's it.
It's like all those MAGA hats unironically singing along to Born in the USA thinking it is some sort of jingoistic ballad. Maybe they should try listening to some of its lyrics?
To the people still listening, don’t let those dreams fall between the cracks. You are enough
💯💯👊👊
Thanks, man. Just what I needed to randomly stumble upon 👍
I do still dream even between the crack
❤️
Thank you❤❤😊
To the future people who are listening to this song, please don’t let this masterpiece die. Please let this song live on through on all eternity!! I’m begging you!!
nah
Aslong as there is youtube it wont die
My kids love this song and are learning it on guitar. The legacy continues lol 🙌🏻🎶🎸
@@ninoadams45Hell yeah! 🤘
As kid i never understood this song however as an adult now i truly understand it now more then ever. This song will always be relevant no matter how old it is. We were once kids with dreams some of us achieved those dreams, most of us had our dreams shattered, some of us couldn't handle the pressures of reality no more, but most of us stuck with it. the cruelest dream is reality for sure.
Yes - how true this is. People dream of the stars and some pretty much get there, while others plummet back to Earth with a bump. Most of us are somewhere in the middle.
Same. I just passed it off as another rock song at the time. Never really ad attention to the lyrics. That second verse is exceptional writing. Great song, FANTASTIC video
Well. Hello there
Yeah I think most of us fell through the cracks.
School just wants to to graduate, they don’t care as much if you cheat or not on tests. They just want to get themselves a good score so they can get more money.
Teachers are crushed by the amount of work, student behavior, educational board requirements, im sure there’s more.
Parents just want to see you succeed. But they won’t tell you how to. Or teach you how to bc that’s the “schools job”
I think there is a fundamental disconnect between parents, school boards and teachers.
I think it’s safe to say that Americans schools are useless when it comes to getting kids, teens and young adults ready for the “real world”
It’s no wonder people fail hard after high school or college.
Wait,how OLD is this song,because the description say "6 YEARS OLD" so...
The music video to this song is so well done. It portrays how deep the song really is, and lives stray from a path pretend innocence that the teen years were.
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Мне кажется это лучший клип 90x - 2000 годов. Всем причастным людям, авторам, группе и так далее, огромное уважение. С любовью из России. Помню как мы записывали клипы с канала MTV на кассеты VHS, было круто
90s baby now 32. My cousin is addicted to alcohol and drugs, my friend committed suicide at 21. This song means a lot to me and I’m lucky I’ve chose a right path in this twisted world. Offspring forever 🎸
Much love to you
Same to me faced so many shit but i got the song on my mind Offspring forever🔊🔊
I am actively keeping people from killing themselves or get back in bad situations by being there and support them as much as possible
womp womp
i'm 32 too, this is true
Still a killer hit, sad part is the older you get the more real this song becomes.
I came here to comment the same! Sad reality.
The sad part is the older you get the more likely you realize The Offspring sold out to Vevo and this is just a false image of the Offspring you thought you knew.
i think they knew that to
only 18 and this song hits
Well then you didnt earn / work hard enough. You have yourself to blame.
It's been exactly 20 years since this was released. Man, time sure does fly by.
This was released in 2017, but they managed to find their old sound again :)
@@djfritz2001 please tell me this is a joke xD
The cruelest dream, reality.
I was 8
Yesterday was my birthday. Exactly 20 years ago a friend who also visited me now, made me a present of 'Americana' cassette. It has been one of my favorite songs ever since.
Being 25 now, and listening to Our childhood songs with a whole different level of Understanding them, compared to 12, 13 & 14 years old...man i'm Falling in love with these old tracks ALL OVER AGAIN❤
I used to like this song in my teens because it sounded sick and catchy, now I'm 35 and it gives me goosebumps. when your young and have the whole world Infront you don't realise the kind of shit you're going to see or fall into, how fast people around you change, falling into the pits and ruts of life sometimes never to be seen again. This song has a whole new feeling to me now, it still sounds sick, it's just more morose.
YES.
The importance of this music becomes more vivid with age.
"Cruelest dream, reality" - The 30-somethings tried to warn us. A catchy tune landing on deaf ears. Ears simultanouesly geting deafer and less deaf with time...
I witnessed everything they warned me about yet I'm still to do anything to mitigate it or reverse the damage.
God speed
@@phitsf5475 True words my friend.
Imagine then how it will hit you when you're 62 and looking back...there is no finish time.
yea man for sure
This song is so true on so many levels. We used to have a bright future and a great society filled with many dreams, and now we're slowly but surely losing that to greed, sloth and arrogance.
When I was a kid I listened to this song with my group of friends and thought "this is so cool"... Now I realized what this song really says and it gets deep in you. Specially when you are the one who stayed in town and the one who got to explain to old friends that came back what happened to our group.
It hits you really hard when you see that tear after telling them...
its true. I dont know where u from but in PL its same
I was just about to comment this, so sad to see my friends and I going so hard on drugs and struggling in live. Still a great song lol
@@armandocs512 keep fighting dude, i stopped doing coke and marijuana several months ago. get out of that shit
mannnn 🙃
If you need funds please contact me
Great message for new generation
Delphine connait pas vos paroles par cœur
Better than them offing themselves or getting a drug addiction.
Edit: Okay maybe not Fortnite. But I'd still be fine with playing video games and bonding with them.
I mean, yeah, in a way
It's just another type of addiction
@@XxSEETH3RxX what's worse, being a drug addict or just play some videogames ?
I smoke joints and play videogames! Best combo ever! OOh and NO FORTNITE
I'm 35, remember this song from my teens and thinking that won't be us. I wish I'd been right.
Aerial L literally the best comment here💯💯
im 38 so yeah same here thought i had it figured out boy was i wrong
32 here. Everything is good but damn was it a rough road for me.
I remember too!
Aerial L absolutely correct..35 this year as well. No way this was gonna be me or any of my friends. Just like you I was wrong.
Wow. In my youth, this just ROCKED. These days, as an adult, it just hits different. Damn man. Cruelest dream, reality...
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How's it going in the northeast
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Yep, we're parents now of kids around the age where things get complicated and time seem to start moving faster. The magic, faith and luster begin to fade and that grumpy, greedy, cutthroat b*tch called adulthood comes knocking at your door and rent is due.
‘Cause you don’t see the life with the child that is in everyone of us. So when people grow turn almost in themeselves and everything seems more dark and cold. I’m not completely on the wave of this song. Everyone should look at the cold and hard part of the life since he is a kid with an adult that try to talk about it near him. So when the life and many venemous persons that you meet, they will give you a less deep and heavy impact to the society and. Childhood should’nt be an illusion as The Offspring sing in this song. When a solid wall of it crash down you can feel lost.
この声がすごく良いな、本当に良い歌を作るな
this song hits close to home makes me think about growing up so long ago. all the kids in my neighborhood growing up. the shatter dreams we all have
Not shattered dreams if you still remember them but I get what your trying to say..
@@PlayerOne306 Shattered when there's no hope in anyone around achieving such dreams
right there with you.
@@tuser8 that really is when you don’t search what you want or look to achieve but if you u give it a shot things may turn around.
it really is the end of the world it is since 2000 years when jesus first came now is just at its peak, for god 1 thousand years is a second and a second is 1 thousand years! the sign 666 will be keeping sunday as day of worship! you heared me right! the 4th comandement in the ten laws is keep my sabats ,that shall be a sign between me and you, it was refering to the jews, but the bible has 100 precent actuality and 100 precent do as god said no matter the times! the godgiven day of worship the sabath is saturday not sunday! sunday was the first day of the weak, vatican and the popes changed it , claiming they have is autorityn as the pope is god on earth, ruler of heavens earth and hell! now this is the bigest blasphemy somone claiming hes god! the pope already met with all worlds leaders, political-religious-and the 1precent wealthiest people on earth the illuminatis A class luciferian puppets! they met saying they discuss the climate change problem! what happened when jesus was crucified , saying that is better for one man to die than the whole people to be in disagreement, this is text book what will happen these days, youl hear this soon enough,! as inflation and economy, the famens the climate calamities , wile keep growing in intensity, whatever they do it by harpp projects or some ar really god let to happen, as its all predicted in Daniel prophet and apocalypse! the fear the teror the need for a solution will expend, ! all this problems will be blaimed on those who refuse to worship sunday , the sign of the pope, and everything will be blamed on this few people who refuse to bow in front of vatican (sunday)! text book what happened with jesus will happen to those who refuse popes autority who claims he is god, and all this wrath is beacouse this public enemys refuse to listen to him! but lucifer was defeated in heavens, was defeated at the cruce, and will be defeated in the end! for those who understand jesuses died for all sins , and all sinners, no man is reedemed by his deeds but by gods grace, and the holy spirit who strenghtens those who care only about what the bible says , and refuse to worship a man given day! evrything is mad for people to be blind to this: "ego" "music" "brandi love", its all made to sell you a false sense of utopia and comfort, meanwille you neglect this most precious times ever on earth! whoever has bible questions, pls feel free tontext me!
Got to agree with everyone where this is one of those songs that you just don’t get when you’re younger. Was never one of my favourites growing up but when I rediscovered it a few years ago it certainly has become one. Whole lotta emotions from this one
I blame hormones. We simply don't produce the same type and quanity of hormones when we are teenagers vs our 30s and 40s. Our very bodies recycle the entire mass of our cells something like once every 7 years, we almost become different people multiple times throughout our lives.
Hi Ryan 👋
When you are over 40 years old and reflect on all the changes and misfortunes that your neighborhood has gone through, this song takes on an even stronger meaning than when you listened to it when you were still young and innocent. Timeless music!
right in the feels, went back to my old home town a couple of months, thought of this song
Hard to see when you're young....
"Still it's hard, hard to see, fragile lives, shattered dreams"
It's not neighborhoods, it's Western society
@@tnix80 naive edgy kid detected
@@CorporateG0th consult a dictionary before using words you aren't familiar with
We will show the way for the KIDS allaround !!! ❤
I Promise that ! and beli e that i NEVER lie ❤ 🤠
Nowadays I’m 35 and I’m a youth counsellor. I was running a group program on Wednesday and the theme of the session was sharing songs that have an emotional impact on us. Not only does it reiterate how much music is a great coping mechanism, but it gets the kids talking about their feelings and emotions in a place that is safe and they don’t even realise their sharing their vulnerabilities cause it’s such a comfortable way to do so.
After I played ‘Three Little birds’ to discuss a song that helps me feel really upbeat, they asked me to play a song that hits me in the more sadder emotions… we ran out of time but this will be the song I play to them next week. Gets me in all the feels.
You're a good youth counsellor... Greetings hopefully I have gotten a teacher like you...
POD youth of the nation hits
Me in the heart strings every time!!!
Did they enjoy it?
How did it go?
@@ex_leper222 they were more excited about playing the group their choices of songs, but there were comments like ‘ohhhh this song! I know this song!’ 😂
This song was fun when I was 13.
Now, at 33, it hurts a little bit.
The same bat i was 9
You are not alone bro.
it can be a tough listen on a bad day that's for sure
Im 32 now, back then i do not speak english now i understand it better
me too dude, me too. Just like you, only now i`m understand this song from a to z
The quality of this video fits my memories from my teenage time when I found this band...
It is not that the lyrics are deep, but the vibe of the track exactly hits the topic of this song. It is not about sadness, it is about anger.
When I used hear this song when I was a kid I never listened to the lyrics, now as an adult it’s like wow, so true.
tooootaly agree
Did you guys have Americana on CD or cassette?
i had none :( i just found this song after searching for many years.
CASSETTE!
CD
CD
Great investment
Both 👍👍
It’s been 20 years since this song has been released and this message is still fucking Relevant hell it’s probably more relevant now.
If only knowing about it was enough to stop it happening.
But it isn't. It never was. And it will keep on happening.
You got that right broski
“Longing for what used to be “ brings me to instant tears
This song perfectly describes my experience growing up in the lower middle class suburbs in the 90's and early 00's. I know a house for every line in this song. Hell, even one of the names is the same.
This song hits hard, when you are not a kid anymore.
It really does
For someone who was 12 when this came out looking back on it, that's so true. Life doesn't turn out like you think it will.
Yes, it hits harder as you age. So much stuff to worry about, that’s really hard
Diss is kinda ture but offsprings rock
And ur the kid in the video. I feel you my guy.
One of the greatest tunes of all time imo.. seems ultra relevant the older you get.
We're still not alright...yeah!!!
Мне было 12, когда я услышал этот трэк. Сейчас мне 35, и совсем не весело, как это было ранее. Возраст раскрыл смысл. Слезы на глазах и тёплая ностальгия из юности. Ребят, здорово, что вы есть. Вы одни такие. Спасибо вам.
мне 36 сейчас включил и загорелся прослушивать другие темы тех лет))))
@@ДмитрийСедунов-я1б 😍😍😍😍
🎂💘💘💘
nice language! :) russian, I guess...
@@leandrolamar2628 yes! and Russian people like this music! Its beautiful! offspring forever!
I’m turning 50 in 5 days, still rocking to Offspring, the body may get old but the mind stays young…
happy birthday
happy bday bro
Happy birthday, you had the luck to be born during a beautiful time . The kids aren’t alright today….
but the mind is part of the body
Feel you.. 42
Lyrics:
When we were young, the future was so bright
Woah-oh
The old neighborhood was so alive
Woah-oh
And every kid on the whole damn street
Woah-oh
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
Woah-oh
The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn
Woah-oh
How can one little street swallow so many lives?
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (Go!)
Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Woah-oh
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Woah-oh
Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job
Woah-oh
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay commited suicide
Woah-oh
Brandon OD'd and died
Woah-oh
What the hell is going on?
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (Go!)
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for (what) used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams :( :( :(
Thank you!!!
How about Brian? This hurt when i'm listening :'(
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for used to be
Still it' hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Thanks. The lyrics are brutal.
I pray for the children today 🙏. I am 57 years young. I have had 3 close friends die at 30 years old or younger.
Back in the early 2000s this was THE song that every kid with a guitar in school wanted to play. Still a good riff today
the best music was in the 80's
I play this song onmw to school on the bus the listen to this at lunch and get on the bus when I go home it an amazing song with shattered dreams drugs and suicide not the kind of thing you would expect from a band except from soundgarden holy shit they have some evil sounding guitar riffs as well
It’s not just that in June 2024 we still listen to ROCK in our blood. I'm Russian, but I grew up listening to US rock. I thank the performers for the amazing moments that came from MTV to RUSSIA. All the best
Я до сих пор помню голос Василия Стрельникова, как он анонсировал на английском новые клипы на MTV.
I think, to this day, that early 2000s was the best era in russian culture.
Специально для тебя скажу - после девяностых, когда наконец культура зоны и разбоя сошла на нет, ей на смену пришли настроения Запада, ветер перемен. И, в отличие от того, что происходит сейчас, мы не просто скопировали, а впитали, адаптировали, перестроили и улучшили то, что получили, и в итоге заимели нечто невероятное, не похожее ни на что, уникальное и сильное. И в кино, и в музыке, и в ТВ, и в искусстве. И даже обычная жизнь людей была пропитана свободой и душой. К сожалению, ближе к 2010 это стало сходить на нет, и уже к 2012-2013 уже пропало почти повсеместно
Да было время 😢 Свернули опять не туда
👍🤝🇷🇺
And here I am grew up with tatu and nickleback
This 23 y.o song just peaked at #31 on billboard 200 last april 10, 2021. Thats how relevant this song is to this day.
Joel
Joel
Ptmm 2024. !
Vámos con todo.!
Como olvidar este pedazo d tema, estaba terminando el cole y se oia en las mejores radios y Mtv
Ahora aquí con el volumen a topee entrenando dorsales-biceps " motivation total". !
Probably my favourite Offspring song. It's so much more punk than most of their stuff. Love it.
actual Hellfest 2022 ruclips.net/video/6aZmMF3x-x0/видео.html
We all have traces of usage ;)
Have you ever?
Ever heard their smash album?
Open wide and swallow their meaning of life.
Ummm go listen to Smash.... then get back to me
My class of 1996 is having a reunion next Saturday. This song is banging in my head on repeat. Interesting to see how others have been.
How was it?
Thanks for asking. Everybody is alive.
- Girl who lived two doors next to me has her parents still living in that house. Is a municipal architect. Basically she says where town places roads, pipelines and parks etc.
- Hyperactive musical boy has a band. Not very succesful.
- The big boy is making games and is thin now
- The sporty boy is a lawyer and fat now
- Other sporty boy is a Police officer
- Silent girl is in hotel business
- Silent boy is a millionaire and his parents still live in the same old house.
- Back benchers 4 boys (me included)
Trucker, AC installer, Firesafety specialist and electrician
@@tsilarij-p3726and your dreams? Are they still alive?
what's the band called
@@Jamescri-zu1dz The Prodigy
This popped up as a recommendation during lockdown. I'm 6'3, mid 30s, full bearded man and rarely get sad - more the sort to get angry than actually sad. This video broke me. Hadnt cried so hard in years. Maybe I needed it but it really hit something.
What I would do for one more day with my old group of friends, baggy jeans, chains, in the local metal club and getting up to stupid shit without a worry of the future.
I feel ya, man
@@ryanwiseman9141 #metoo xD
hey Jamie, I hope you get to do that with your buddies again soon
I'm going on 50, it is what it is my friend....make the best of the rest of it, at least we get this time to reflect....if you're still breathing, there is still time....Much love
Bro you just took the words outta my mouth it's hard to listen to this song now days everything's so differant I hate who I have become. Point blank I wish I could do it all over. Hold your head up
This song is soo good
My dad passed away yesterday and now I'm making a playlist with all the songs he loved and I remember him by. This is one of them. Thank you dad for showing me the greatest artists of all times. Loved, missed and never forgotten 🤘🔥
❤⭐ Ask your heart what to do : « I ask my heart what to do to feel better ? » listen the answers ❤⭐ Recite « God purify me » each second during hours, days, more if need, create miracles ❤⭐ To heal someone : « God purify heal Name + Last name + Link with person (sister/brother/mother/father/friends/and so on) » ❤⭐ Broadcast audio prayer nights and days create miracles
That's so sweet man, rest in peace 🙏
He doesn’t leave if he lives inside you.
Stay strong
Much love❤
@@Maxime_Gratitude don't be an asshole to someone in mourning man.
Sorry for your loss man. Keep it together and keep him alive as long as possible
Born in the 60's, love 80's music. My two boy's got me listening to the offspring in the 90's and I haven't looked back they are still awesome in 2019.
Mike Sayers THATS WATS UP! NO DOUBT!!!
Knowing the lyrics kinda makes this one of the most depressing pop punk songs ever, still an absolute banger
TRUE
Vax is stupid
@@upgrayedd6023 offspring is so punk they’re out there shilling for the US govt. lol clowns
Reality a bicth.. indeed it yes... before social media.. this was a known life.. which for most it still.. but likes is what matters today..
Just watched the SUICIDE SQUAD movie and just realized that this Song is bascially a RIP OFF of the JIM CARROLL BAND's 1980 song: 'People Who Died'
ruclips.net/video/tf4d7VxcQ30/видео.html
When you are young you are naive, dreamy, you love almost everything and starting with teachers almost all frustrated and jealous adults tried to take advantage of you. Sometimes also your parents. You should think this when you now are in front of young boys and girls
С годами эта песня становится только актуальнее. Что конечно печально..,
Неа, мне похуй. Меньше народу - больше кислороду.
BLYAT
*English noises*
Dr.Splarf watch one of the top commentary a nice Russian explain why so many Russian comment (btw the comment are positive)
@@Kill3r360 Just wait for a Russian video to have a bunch of English comments and Russians wondering why
When we were young, the future was so bright
Woah-oh
The old neighborhood was so alive
Woah-oh
And every kid on the whole damn street
Woah-oh
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
Woah-oh
The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn
Woah-oh
How can one little street swallow so many lives?
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (Go!)
Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Woah-oh
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Woah-oh
Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job
Woah-oh
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay commited suicide
Woah-oh
Brandon OD'd and died
Woah-oh
What the hell is going on?
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (Go!)
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for (what) used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Ty
NAFTA killed it all
Just like that! When you are a kid, in the immense shades of colors of your euphoria and dreams you continually exclaim "My G..d how beautiful, one day I'll do this, I'll do that". Then when you grow up in the cold and gray of real life you just say “Unfortunately that's how it happened.” As Robert Smith sings in his song “All cats are grey” /
The 90's had some genius songwriters.
@Aariz Khan and a pilot..I think he made some long distance solo flying
Absolutely true!!!
"The cruelest dream - reality."
This song hits so much harder as an adult. I can't even listen to it without bordering on total nervous breakdown.
Yep I agree
I'm 34 today and things in this songs hit for real
When we were young the future was so bright
And every kid on the whole damn street
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
Ram How can one little street swallow so many lives
Ram Nothing's free
What used to be
hearing this song as an adult... just wow. amazing. pure talent.
This song hits different when you're more mature. I look back and realize how quickly life passes by.
so true
I first heard this back in 2009-2010 when I was 13-14 years old. This brings back a lot of happy memories of just banging to hits like this one and skating all day. Were carefree days back then, unlike now. Good thing is thanks to the internet, you can always come back to these songs and remember the good ol days!
P.O.D. - Youth of the Nation
🇳🇱🇳🇱damn right on the money
@@___-xf5dj ommfggg yesss! I remember trying to rap one of their verses in class in the 5th grade and totally bombed felt embarrassed asf 😭🤣 ah memories lol
man i heard this song on the radio after God know how many years. Forgot this from my childhood.
Stay true to your roots . We will never forget what this sound did . We love you for getting on the bus ,be well and love endlessly
I want it back . Wheredit go
@@captainsalvation502 POMMMPqm
How old are you now man? 35?
Yah, I forgot this band also. I will try to put this band on my USB Radio. In the time these bands was some kind of a joke, but we can see that they did a lot of good MUSIC with feeling. Nowadays the music are empty
In the 90's the kids aren't alright
2020 the kids still aren't alright
2020 the kids are now worse than before
yes even I agree with that even though I'm 15
2050 the grown kids will adopt the Jungle Law, and Chaos will reign supreme :-)
The 90's kids are still not alright.
Yup 😮😆👍
Никогда не надоест этот шедевр ❤❤❤
Мне тоже
"cruelest dream, reality" that's deep.
"Longing for (what) used to be" was the deep one for me.
Lyrics Now!:
When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
True as life. Strong as rock. When years pass you become aware of its lyrics deep meaning. Eternal song…
@Kel Rowland sounds pretty good for my first listen. You like you synthetic and repetitive shit it get it but let people enjoy.
I love all songs from "Americana"❤
I think that one of the most important things we can do for the next generation is to let them know early on in their teen years the real meaning of this song and how it relates to real life.
@anomie nous To me the real meaning of this song is that everyone had unreal expectations on how life was going to be, and when reality hit and people found out they weren't special and they weren't all going to make it big they stopped caring. Rather than preparing themselves to make themselves big by working people were told that they were going to make it big without any effort, and to me that is a huge disservice to a person.
This song is a perfect example of enjoying the music when your younger, but understanding the lyrics when your older.
амінь брат
Real
I just heard this song for the first time last week and man...this song hits way too hard
I agree with you
And It's still a fuckin banger
This song's actually depressing and deep as shit. Normal, happy kids who once had amibitions, goals and dreams in their life. But ended up either addicted, homeless, dead or in a terrible situation later in life
Unless you're one of those happy kids and tend to keep that way then listening to this ain't depressing at all ;3
@Wesley EP I wish i had but here in Finland we don't have TED talks, i'm only 21 yet so time to create and make one ofcourse;3
i'll call i't jari talk
So I'm not the only one who interpreted it that way.
@@fredfry5100 It seems to me atleast to be very hard to be only one doing almost anything and being only person in the world to do so with so many of us here on planet earth :3
I was a 13 when this came out and was obsessed with Offspring, Greenday, Korn, Placebo, Limp Bizkit, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, RHCP and now I have teens of my own who discovered Offspring and all the other bands I listened too!
And do you like also The Cure, Ramones, David Bowie, Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Dream Theater, Linkin Park, Ugly Kid Joe? Slowdive? Actually I can appreciate Billie Eilish too! She’s so eclectic, so Indie...
Este RIFF no começo da música é show música boa nunca fica no esquecimento, hoje estou com 50 anos e quando ouvi a música pela primeira vez na juventude ficou gravado na cabeça 😊
It's amazing how much a song can relate to you and everyone you grew up with
Time flies, I never heard this song song but it gives me memories that doesn't exist
@@immortalfirefly0641 exactly. same here. 16 yr old.
Truly a classic. Great music and lyrics. The Offspring are a very very underrated band.
Rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame, are you listening?
Michael
Quand j'avais 15 ans, cette chanson me semblait agréable. Aujourd'hui, j'ai 45 ans et elle me touche à un tout autre niveau.
This song means more now then ever before. Drug epidemics in every living city and town
It's not about drugs just because it mentioned pot. More like growing up everyone's lives went to shit because it's life.
@@oopsallchromosomes8994 It's about all problems including drugs. He talks about his buddy overdosing and dying in this song. What the hell do you even mean?
No it doesn't. We just don't remember or care about what it meant when it came out. Life isn't harder now than it was, the dangers of our choices aren't more poignant we just don't respect anything from yesterday anymore.
@@whisperienced are you kidding??? It's about every possible problem a child that becomes an adult can have. Missed opportunities, drugs, early pregnancies, or whatever. It's about the choices you make as you get older and life as an adult and the ramifications of making poor choices
Oops all chromosomes! Sure it isn’t all about drugs, but there was definitely more than one reference to it in the song
The offspring Americana is the first album I bought as a kid. I bought it on tape when I was in Poland. Memories 😢
I hear you man. I remember going on a school trip and a kid on the bus was singing "why don't you get a job" at the top of his voice. I'm thinking it must have been mid '99. Probably the trip before summer holidays. This album was huge in 99.
Time does fly it's been 20 yrs I think since this came out idk if that's good or bad Haha
This still resonates today just shows how life hasn't changed no excuses
For me, one of the best bands of my adolescence...
Punk... Crazy... Hardcore... Style...
There was a lot of street skateboarding, rollerblading, cross-country bikes and a lot of adrenaline in my veins... 1998, my adolescence, the best crazy years of my life.
Today, at 41, everything sucks, this adult life 😢 everything is bad and boring, so much whining, so much fuss, happy are those who have already died, best years 80's 90's 2000's...
Rest in Peace Old Times Wonderful ✌️🕊️
Difficult but tomorrow can be magical if you see the monstrous gift LIFE!!
This was one of the first albums I ever purchased for myself as a teenager. This was one of my favourite tracks... I used to listen to it without knowing how much relevance the song would hold in life now over 20 years later. Pretty insane.
One of us OD'd
One of us died in an accident
One of us got addicted to crack and vanished
One of us can't get past the struggle for minimum wage
One of us has been on suicide watch multiple times and can't hold any sort of job
One of us has an unknown illness that's slowly killing him
One of us is an accomplished type of person but can't break their gambling addiction
One of us got handed the family business but that's his life now
One of us fell into family life with a toxic relationship
One of us went crazy
One of us went overseas
One of us actually made it somewhere themselves in life
And then there's me. I was born with an anxiety disorder. I used to think I'd fall into some category there above... but oddly enough life is panning out ok. You know, for all those burned dreams and long gone aspirations I have now, hearing this song really puts it into perspective just how lucky I am to be on the path I'm on, even though life isn't exactly as I'd hoped it would be nor am I nowhere near any position I'd like to be in with my career and family life, I'm happy and have a direction in life to move in.
Just that alone counts for more than most it seems. Oh how lucky I really am.
Thank you really much for your comment.I'm actually 26 and i see people just get wracked ,and so i am .But at least ,you bring some hope that something good can actually happen in our life .Very appreciated
@@eded6362 All I'll say I never loose sight of what's real Ed man, meaning, value your friendships and relationships, work hard for yourself and reward yourself for it and be humble enough to accept your shortcomings and aim to improve just a little bit every day. Life will pan out just fine bro.
Definitely blessed too ♥️
You've got the best attitude. May GOD Bless you. ☺🌻
I hope I can at least get there.