The first time that I met my mate

Was in the roller rink where I went to skate

It was early in the decade around '83

Back then Maskell's was the place to be



Pay two quid for your entry fee

I glide into the arena, ecstasy

When you were seven you didn't realise

Most of the adults were stoned out of their eyes



Some jacked up on the seats around the edge

Others were so fcuked that they turned into veg

I didn't care cos I made my pledge

Rollskating at Maskell's got respect



I used to listen to Public Enemy

Erik B and Rakim and BVSMP

But before that, in 1983

I'd go breakdancing after my tea



Down the youth club, eating the fruit pastels

Saturday morning I'd go down to Maskell's

It was my favourite place to go

Dancing all day at the Rollerdisco



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When Maskells is over it's out on your bike

Doing bunny hops and wheelies if you like

Nicking from the shop and comparing your Nike

Dropping bricks onto trains was a delight



Then I'd find a weak kid and have a fight

Use your pocket money to buy a head band for the night

From Fussels, Newport's health-sports store

This is the stuff I used to do before



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Was always played on the rollerdisco scene

I would listen to music 'til I went deaf

Skating around backwards to Axel F



Even back then I was still wearing gold

They had an ice rink upstairs, so I was told

It was ecstasy going round a pillar

Doing a special dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller



You-You-You-You-You-You-You-You-You fukin' knows it



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Eating cola cubes and watching Grange Hill

Riding my chopper to the Chip shop in Pill

I didn't know words like Cunny or Vag

Getting my 200 metres swimming badge



Back then you were seven, I was eight

I only just started to masturbate

When I was in school the days went slow

Cos I was dreaming of a fukin' rollerdisco



I didn't smoke, I didn't drink booze

I collected star wars stickers and bubble gum tattoos

Stuck 'em on my face cos it made me feel hard

Then popped into the shop to buy some football cards



Finished the album, Panini '83

Get back home in time for the A-Team and tea

Then watch Bullseye, and Saint and Greavsie

Then go to bed, 'til tomorrow, see?



I watch the A-Team and Airwolf too

Before I found drugs and started sniffing glue

Riding round the lane on my Grifter or my Chopper

Even back then I was a hip-hopper



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