Take Me Back - Punch Clock Prophets

Lyrics by：Punch Clock

Composed by：Punch Clock

Take me back to the 90s

Where the sky looked blue

No filters just life and the big league chew

Streetlights blinked but the nights felt kind

Before the world sped up and left me behind

Now it's likes and swipes and digital lies

I just want recess and butterfly skies

But maybe maybe I just knew

And the world ain't different I grew

Used to ride to the store on my BMX

Chain loose headphones blastin' DMX

Back then a mixtape felt like church

Now I scroll playlists 'til my thumbs just hurt

Mama had soap operas dad had the news

I had cartoons and light-up shoes

No bills no stress just neighbourhood wars

With Kool-Aid stains on corner store doors

Summers hit different the heat was a friend

Now it's wildfires smoke that never ends

Used to walk ten blocks without fear in my chest

Now I check my back 'cause I don't feel blessed

Take me back to the 90s

Where the sky looked blue

No filters just life and the big league chew

Streetlights blinked but the nights felt kind

Before the world sped up and left me behind

Now it's likes and swipes and digital lies

I just want recess and butterfly skies

But maybe maybe I just knew

And the world ain't different I grew

Now it's ring cams scams alerts on my phone

Back then we just hollered from a payphone

TikToks and trends got the youth in a spin

While I'm missin' surge soda and dialin' in

Polaroids cracked but the memories last

Now it's cloud drives full of a filtered past

I said things were better

But maybe that's fake

Maybe it's me feelin' time start to ache

Maybe I changed got caught in the tide

Lost that kid who had nothin' to hide

Wasn't the world it was me all along

Growin' up fast and hummin' old songs

Used to dream big from my bunkbed fort

Now I dream bills and child support

But maybe there's hope in the mirror I see

Not the boy I was but the man

Take me back to the 90s

Where the sky looked blue

No filters just life

And a big league chew

Streetlights blinked

But the nights felt kind

Before the world sped up and left me behind

Now I see clearer through a grown man's view

Maybe the 90s ain't gone

They're just livin' in you