On my BMX with my mirrored shades
Goin' downtown to Flynn's Arcade
Walkman playing me tunes for the road
Wendy Carlos on cassette in my headphones

Find a post to lock up my ride
Enter the arcade everbody steps aside
Got the top 10 scores 'cause I am the man
This is who I calculate I am

Got a joystick and trackball, son
Gonna put those aliens to the run
Don't care 'bout Donkey Kong or Arkanoid
I'm only down the Space Paranoids

Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
One shot and that tank is destroyed

Hit the kill screen on one man 'cause I'm the bomb
You send your allowance straight to Encom
You're tellin' me that it's all because of luck
But there's a 68.71% chance you suck

I see see a recognizer and I go ballistic
I'm brutal and needlessly sadistic
With one quarter I send 'em home to their mama
But you're droppin' change like your name is Obama

Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
pwnin' like Billy Mitchell on steroids

Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Come on, everybody, make some 8-bit noise

Yeah, we're runnin' a bit hot tonight.
I can barely see the monitor from the heat comin' off of it.
Gonna reach down... between my legs, n'...
grab the joystick.

When I step up, you oughtta cower
Now for some real user power
You're a null unit, why don't you scram?
You worn-out excuse for an old program
Somebody pushes me, I push back
Maybe I should keep you around just to make me laugh
Nah, go away, Kid, you grid bug me
'Cause I'm the Warrior Elite of the MCP
I'm the Warrior Elite of the MCP

Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Every quarter that I spend makes Kevin Flynn annoyed

Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Space Paranoids, Space Paranoids
Come on, everybody, make some 8-bit noise