Lyrics 80's Kid - Mr Streetz

The good old days, we say still
All day riding our bikes, we stayed chill
With our Walkmans playing, had time to kill
Big tunes, yeah these were the days before drill
Yeah when I was a kid had time to waste
No mobiles, organise time and place
Or arrange a time when we would be at home to talk (when)
Said I'd call bout half past eight
And they'd pick up, a phone call with your mates
We would talk about everything, fam would wait
Bout our dreams and the future, how it would shape
Like we thought there'd be flying cars and we'd race
DeLorean moves, we'd be so McFly
Watch the heads all turn when they see the ride
No seatbelts, safety we'd leave behind
Just enjoying ourselves, no reason why
It's a good use (yeah)
We'd watch Footloose (jeez)
Or see Dirty Dancing for the good tunes (bangs)
Yeah the girls all wanted to be Charlie's Angels
And the boys like Rocky, a cultural staple
Yeah that's what it's like as an 80's kid
We don't mention our roots for the sake of it
No internet, mad, we were off the grid
So it's easy to think that it's gone to shit

A man looked in my eyes and he asked me (what)
Do you come from the 80's fam? (maybe)
When I looked in his eyes and I saw peace (huh)
I said yeah I'm an 80's man (that's me)
He said I looked in your eyes and I saw me (hm?)
We're all part of the 80's fam (as one)
It's that look in our eyes where they all gleam (tint)
If you come from the 80's, stand (stand up)
80's babies make some noise
Give a shout to your day ones, use your voice
We remember the good times we enjoyed
There were downs, but the memories we avoid
Wax on, wax off calling Mr Miyagi
Spending our weekends playing on Atari
Memory lane, good to reminisce
Listen close cos it doesn't get better than this

The age of cassette tapes
We would spend too long on mixtapes for our friends
Michael Jackson, the thriller moves
We would try moonwalk then we'd fail again
But we didn't care cos we were having fun
Put the tape in the player, press play and it got spun
We didn't want to be a nerd, no not one
Coolest guy was Tom Cruise from Top Gun (pap)
Obsessed with the Rubik's cube
Watched Ghostbusters and Scooby Doo
New Star Wars films, had to wait in queues
Common interests shared, we all loved the Goonies (yep)
That's Spielberg, loved ET
We would pass time watching Stand By Me
Or Star Trek, A-Team, Mister T
I said my hometown was the place to be
Cos you know we had a great time back in the day
They were giving man life for a packet of caine
With the war on drugs well underway
But Bob Ross still smoked an eighth a day
It's improved a lot but they're still the good days
The thoughts in the mind of an 80's kid
I just hope that I've shown what the 80's is
The home of many in the best ten years

A man looked in my eyes and he asked me (what)
Do you come from the 80's fam? (maybe)
When I looked in his eyes and I saw peace (huh)
I said yeah I'm an 80's man (that's me)
He said I looked in your eyes and I saw me (hm?)
We're all part of the 80's fam (as one)
It's that look in our eyes where they all gleam (tint)
If you come from the 80's, stand (stand up)
80's babies make some noise
Give a shout to your day ones, use your voice
We remember the good times we enjoyed
There were downs, but the memories we avoid
Wax on, wax off calling Mr Miyagi
Spending our weekends playing on Atari
Memory lane, good to reminisce
Listen close cos it doesn't get better than this