[Verse 1]
We were raised on vinyl and Saturday shows
MTV taught us most things that we know
Latchkey kids with a Walkman soul
Surviving each day was the ultimate goal

We made our own mixtapes, no playlists my friend
Each cassette seeming to have no end
We drank from hoses and tamed rides of steel
No helmets, no rules, just raw and real

We came up hard without safety nets

Scratched and clawed through every test

Built from sarcasm and raised on grit

Endured every punch and never quit

The streets we called home offered lessons true

Taught us to fight and see things through

[Chorus]
Gen X here don’t mess with us

We thrive on chaos and are made of rust

Bend don’t break we invented the line

Our generation was ahead of its time

We did it alone didn’t need no praise

Still standin’ strong in the digital age

Raised by boomers we’re tough that way

Generation X will never fade

 [Verse 2]
Boombox kings that wore tie dyed jeans
And parachute pants were an actual thing
A fast life with hair metal in our veins
Echoes of youth screaming through the flames

Slackers they called us, misunderstood
But we turned “whatever” into something good

No cryin’ allowed the boomers would say

So we turned up the volume and played our way

No maps, no apps, no device in your hands

Our lives were shaped by the battle of bands

Arcade dreams and cassette tape highs

We chased the night under Gen X skies

Back when rebellion was more than a phase

We lived out loud in those reckless days

No filters, no likes, just living it raw,

Breaking the rules ‘cause we were the law’

[Chorus]
Gen X here don’t mess with us

We thrive on chaos and are made of rust

Bend don’t break we invented the line

Our generation was ahead of its time

We did it alone didn’t need no praise

Still standin’ strong in the digital age

Raised by boomers we’re tough that way

Generation X will never fade

[Bridge]
We were the static between every song

Misfits who knew where we truly belong

Raised on the fringe with a fist in the air

Taught the world how not to care

We danced through the fire with no one to save

Shouting out loud from cradle to grave

Forgotten by many, remembered by few

But we changed the game and we always knew

[Chorus]
Gen X here, you know what we do

We’re proud to be a motley crew

Somehow we survived eight track tapes 

Still the 80’s were a most magical place

No script to follow, we wrote our own page

The last real rebels of the modern age

We lit up the dark with a spark and a scream

Built a legacy louder than anyone dreamed

Our hair ain’t as big but don’t test our might

Gen X forever — we got it right

[Outro]

Still got that fire, still play it loud
Still walk our path, heads unbowed
We paved the road with heart and fight
Gen X forever — we got it right