Super Rich Kids

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Have you ever met someone that seems like they couldn’t be sad? Have you ever met someone that just had everything? Have you ever met someone that was so rich and blessed that they seemed like they had no reason to be sad? Well, its not always as it seems. In the song “Super Rich Kids” by Frank Ocean, it shows the real life of a rich kid and how society thinks they are.

Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce
Too many bowls of that green, no lucky charms
The maids come around too much
Parents ain't around enough
Too many joy rides in daddy's jaguar
Too many white lies and white lines
Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends
Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends

The real life of a rich kid isn’t as pleasant as it seems. Sure, you have money…but your parents are never home; they’re always working. These rich kids don’t know what to do with all the money and power. Kids these days always use their money and power on drugs. The drugs ruin their life even more but they think there’s no other way to make them feel better. In fact, drugs and alchohol drive them deeper into depression. For example, on Wall Street in New York there have been many entrepueners that have turned into drinkers and drug abusers. A man named Michel says that after working with so much money and power, it drives him a little insane. He went from successful businessman to compulsive drinker. Not only does he suffer from heavy drinking, he also

While these kids are already dealing with drug addiction and missing parents, they also have no real friends. Everyone is just friends with them for their money so they hope that person buys them things or something. People only like them because they have money or a nice house. Girls only like him so they hope he buys her gifts or something. They’re all alone. Nobody likes him for who he really is.

Start my day up on the roof
There's nothing like this type of view
Point the clicker at the tube
I prefer expensive news
New car, new girl
New ice, new glass
New watch, good times babe
It's good times, yeah
She wash my back three times a day
This shower head feels so amazing
We'll both be high, the help don't stare
They just walk by, they must don't care
A million one, a million two
A hundred more will never do

On the other hand, the rest of society mostly thinks that money is everything and they have enough friends and the key to happiness is money. And that’s why they torture the wealthier. Society thinks they have everything they need. I myself, understand what rich people go through because I’m friends with some of them. Everyone else tends to think they have all the friends they need, they’re super popular, and don’t have to worry about not having food or anything.  What the lower classes don’t understand is no matter how much money anyone has, everyone has their own problems. They treat the rich like they have no reason to be sad.

Close your eyes for what you can't imagine; we are the xany gnashing
Caddy smashing, bratty class; he mad, he snatched his daddy's Jag
And used the thing for batting practice, adamant and he thrashing
Purchasing crappy grams with half the hand of cash you handed
Panicking, patch me up; Pappy done latch keyed us
Toying with Raggy Anns and mammy done had enough
Brash as luck, breaching all these aqueducts; don't believe us
Treat us like we can't erupt, yup

[Verse 3: Frank Ocean]
We end our day up on the roof
I say I'll jump, I never do
But when I'm drunk I act a fool
Talking 'bout, do they sew wings on tailored suits
I'm on that ledge, she grabs my arm
She slaps my head
It's good times, yeah
Sleeve rips off, I slip, I fall
The market's down like 60 stories
And some don't end the way they should
My silver spoon has fed me good
A million one, a million cash
Close my eyes and feel the crash

In conclusion, the meaning and impact of this song on society can be heard and seen through the lyrics so easily. All through music and text, the super rich kids can show and reflect on society how their perfect lives really are.