GENX

Verse 1

We learned math counting change at the corner store

Learned time by the walk back home

Sidewalk cracks, neighborhood maps

No malls telling us what we owned

Air was clean, stars burned white

Fireflies lit the night

We didn’t know it was slipping away

We thought that world was locked in tight

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Pre-Chorus

Before the noise

Before the race

Life had a slower pace

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Chorus

We came from a time and a place that was real

Before everything needed a deal

Now it’s all fast lanes, deadlines, lists

Still we know what we miss

If you don’t get it, that’s alright

We’re not lost, we just lived it right

We’re just older versions

Of the same kids we were

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Verse 2

Sometimes I should be ashamed of my attitude

I should be, but I’m not

I learned where to bend and where to stand

And when to give and when to stop

I believe in karma, believe in grace

But I draw my lines in place

Some lessons land like a warning sign

Some come fast like a punch in the face

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Pre-Chorus

No rulebook

No disguise

You learn fast

Or you learn twice

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Chorus

We came from a time and a place that was real

Where silence didn’t need a reveal

Now it’s all motion, screens, and clicks

Still we know what we miss

If you don’t get it, that’s okay

We’re not here to explain

We’re just older versions

Of the same kids we were

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Verse 3

Drinking Cokes like they’re going out of style

Zelda nights, not running miles

Gone all day, nobody knew

Still somehow we all came through

You could vanish, nobody chased

Being gone wasn’t a case

Unreachable wasn’t fear

It was freedom in its place

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Bridge (half-time feel, then snap back)

Homesick for a time and place

That no longer exists

Now we’re running a fast-paced rat race

Still carrying all of this

(beat snaps back in)

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Final Chorus

We came from a time and a place that was real

That the world can’t copy or steal

Now it’s louder, faster every day

Still we’re standing our way

If you don’t get it, that’s alright

We’re not broken, we survived

We’re just older versions

Of the same kids we were

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Outro (fast, chantable)

Same kids

Same fire

Different days