Woke Up in The 90’s

I went to bed in twenty-twenty-six

Phone lighting up with the usual noise

Endless scrolling, headlines screaming

Everybody arguing with everybody’s voice

I shut it down, killed the light

Said a prayer and closed my eyes

Next thing I know the morning sun

Through those old familiar blinds

Cartoons playing in the living room

Someone yelling down the hall

My brother’s voice, my sister laughing

Like time never moved at all

I walk downstairs and there they are

Mom with coffee, Dad with news

For a second I just stand there

Like my life hit rewind on cue

I woke up back in the 90’s

Bike in the yard and grass on my knees

MTV blasting videos all day

VH1 counting hits on the way

Nickelodeon slime on the TV screen

Saturday nights with the cast of All That scene

No comment wars, no endless fights

Just kids on bikes under streetlamp lights

Man the whole world felt just right

Like every day was a Friday night

Yeah I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

Super Nintendo by the TV stand

Cartridges stacked in a plastic bin

Mario running through pixel worlds

Trying to beat that level again

GoldenEye waiting for later tonight

Four controllers on the floor

Someone yelling “don’t look at my screen!”

As we battle like a digital war

VHS tapes in a crooked pile

Jurassic Park and Home Alone

Someone taped over half of a movie

Trying to record something on their own

Mom yelling “be home by dark”

As we run out to the street

Kickball games and basketball

And racing bikes in summer heat

I woke up back in the 90’s

Streetlights buzzing and summer breeze

Boom box blasting from the porch

While someone’s learning guitar chords

MTV playing Nirvana loud

Blinking neon for a teenage crowd

CD players skipping in the car

Dreaming big like every kid’s a star

Man the whole world felt so right

Like nobody cared who you voted that night

Yeah I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

Tamagotchis beeping in our pockets

Beanie Babies on a bedroom shelf

Goosebumps books under the blankets

Trying to scare ourselves

Dial-up screaming through the phone line

“Welcome, you’ve got mail!”

AOL chatrooms after midnight

Hoping the internet won’t fail

Blockbuster nights with one last pick

Rewind the tape before it’s due

Arguing over what to rent

Till the store lights turn blue

I woke up back in the 90’s

Cartoon mornings and scraped up knees

Friends just knocking on your door

No texting needed anymore

Skateboards rolling down the street

Late night laughs and summer heat

No labels, lines, or endless debates

Just living life and staying out late

Man the whole world felt so light

Like every kid had the time of their life

Yeah I woke up back in the 90’s

And for a moment everything felt right.

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s

I woke up back in the 90’s