Ah how me grow up

Today me ah hear bout Dragon ballz and peekachu

Nintendo, Play station and xbox too

Apart from that social media in control

Everybody behaving like outside cold

Who na have facebook, Ah tweet and hashtag

Others online buying puss in a bag

D pickney dem kno much about technological device

Concern with brand and quality, but hardly the price

It cause me to reflect on the old time days

Dolly house, pitching marble and paper boat race

Down by the river, we spend a lot time

Catching crayfish, lobsters or simply jus lyme

Na talk 'bout the evening when moon ah shine

Ah then we happy, its games or story time

Hide and seek in grassroots was the sweetest game

But ah the jumbie stories, shhhh na call dem name

Ah often wonder if it was cause we poor

No TV in the house, nothing to allure

Even when rain ah come we still outside

Down the muddy hill, we tek turns to slide

None ah we obese, which is a complain nowadays

Nutritionist ah now encourage outside games

So put down the gadgets, ley we play outdoors

Come see if u nah go enjoy yourself more

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