Imitation 5 (1990s): Sugar Bear, A 90's Kid

Assignment #7
Rap and Spoken Word

The poem “A 90’s Kid” by Sugar Bear is about a child who is now at an older age that talks about his past as being a 90’s kid. The context is mainly focused on his time period of him being a child  and his years growing up. For example, the things he used to do, some things he was able to learn when he was growing up and so on so forth. He talks about how when he got older, that television shows and game systems faded of his life.

I remember getting up early on Saturdays just to watch cartoons
And everywhere I had my GigaPet and Nano
My Little Pony, Care Bears, and Ninja Turtles were cool
And watching Mr. Roger’s right after school
Where everything was all about Sesame Street
And I remember the times before WB
When the classics Disney movies where the top hits
And the VHS would bleep white screens when finished.

Sugar Bear presents this poem in a way others reading it, who were born in the 90’s can relate. I can personally relate to Sugar Bear in so many ways because I am a 90’s kid myself. As I read through this poem I began to think about my years growing up and I remember many of the things mentioned. For example, he talks about saying “Physke” and “Not” at the end of every sentence or even say “Talk to the hand.” I remember these days like it was yesterday. As I think about it, it makes me want to go back to those ways as a kid and enjoy life as the time pass.

            Sugar Bear uses many literally elements in his piece. For example, he uses end rhyme, tone, and narrative poetry. The way he uses end is by trying to keep the same sounds at the end of the line. The 8 bars above rhyme scheme is A B AA CC DD. Sugar bear tends to do this throughout the poem. There are times when he uses A B A B then CC DD. He switches it up throughout the poem. He also uses narrative poetry and through narrative poetry the tone of this poem is expressed. He tells his story about what his life was like when he was growing up as a child and he tells this story in a playful manner. The tone is very playful and child-like and then the mood switches from content to gloomy. He expresses his type of character here throughout it. This is what dragged me as the reader, to learn more about him. Also, the title alone was catchy and made me instantly want to read the poem.