90’s Kid

Yo, I’m tired of all these Noughties Kids man

Claiming to be 90s Kids

Like just coz you were born in the 90s, doesn’t make you a 90s Kid

I’m a 90s Kid. I know what it was like

You weren’t there man! You weren’t there!

Born in the 80s but raised in the 90s, in front of the TV’s the place you would find me

On Saturday mornings channel flicking, between SMTV and Live and Kicking

Back when you used to have to wait for a show, before the advent of Netflix and YouTube

I know every generation says the same thing – but they don’t make ’em like they used to!

I grew up watching Saved by the Bell, before the cast all had raging hormones

Before Jessie went on to make Showgirls, and before Screech starred in a porno

I was watching Boy Meets World, Mr Cooper and Sister Sister

And if I remember correctly, the Teenage Mutant Turtles were ‘Heroes’ not ‘Ninjas’

I feel sorry for the kids today, coz they don’t know the meaning of real animation

And even though Ghostbusters and Thundercats got remade, they’re just cheap imitations

Whatever happened to the real cartoons, like Ren and Stimpy and Captain Planet?

The Rescue Rangers and Burt Racoon, and dun-dun-dun-dun Inspector Gadget?

Even presenters and mascots were better, gimme Andy Peters or Mr Blobby…

But I’m sorry when it comes to Jimmy Saville, even back then I could tell he was dodgy!

Sometimes I just wanna go back to the days when Will lived with Carlton and Phil Banks

Before Maggie shot Mr Burns, when Maude was alive and Smithers was still black

This ones for all of my 90s kids, all my 90s guys and 90s chicks

Who rocked 90s clothes and 90s kicks, watched 90s TV and 90s flicks

This ones for all of my 90s kids, who liked 90s music and 90s hits

And if you weren’t born before ’96, you don’t know what the 1990s is

I’m not a 90s baby or a 90s man, I’m a 90s kid who likes 90s jams

Before you could download tunes to your hard drive, when you had to buy ’em from Woolworths or Our Price

I was alive in the Golden Era of hip hop but was too young for it at the time

I’d love to say I was a fan of Biggie and 2pac, but I wasn’t till after they died

Coz I was too young to listen to Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre and the Wu Tang Clan

But I was a fan of the Outhere Brothers, Babylon Zoo and that tune Scat Man

I remember in the school discos where Snow Informer was always spinning

Way before we knew what it meant, when we thought “Licky boom boom down” meant rimming

I never drank Alize, had Versace shades or wore Moschino

But you might have seen me with a Panda Pop, in my Naff Co jacket and Spliffy jeans though

I didn’t know about ecstasy, I thought Mitsubishis were a type of car first

Coz the only sweets I was eating, were Opal Fruits before they were Starburst

This ones for all of my 90s kids, all my 90s guys and 90s chicks

Who rocked 90s clothes and 90s kicks, watched 90s TV and 90s flicks

This ones for all of my 90s kids, who liked 90s music and 90s hits

And if you weren’t born before ’96, you don’t know what the 1990s is

I was a 90s kid and a 90s gamer, back when it was still Nintendo or Sega

Way before Playstation and X-Box, when your only choice was a plumber or a hedgehog

Back then if you were stuck on a part that you could’t get past and you needed an answer

You couldn’t just go online you had to go and ask Patrick Moore on Gamesmaster

Back when toys were meant to be played with, not Ebayed or stored in a basement

Pogs, Boglins, Mighty Max and Monster in my Pocket were just some of my favourites

Ring Raiders and Micro Machines, these were the toys of my generation

And this is also when WWF still stood for World Wrestling Federation

So don’t claim you’re a 90’s kid, if all you are is a 90’s baby

Coz to be a real 90’s kid, you need to have be born in the 1980’s

But pretty soon the tables will turn and before you know it I’ll be in my forties

And it’ll be your turn to write a song, about what it was like growing up in the Noughties

But ’til then

This ones for all of my 90s kids, all my 90s guys and 90s chicks

Who rocked 90s clothes and 90s kicks, watched 90s TV and 90s flicks

This ones for all of my 90s kids, who liked 90s music and 90s hits

And if you weren’t born before ’96, you don’t know what the 1990s is

Yeah! All my real 90s Kids, this one’s for you!

But to all my non-90s Kids, please don’t take offence

I’m just playing around

And to tell you the truth

I’m just jealous how young you lot are