This 'Monsters Inc.' meme is guaranteed to make you nostalgic

Nostalgia guaranteed.

One thing from childhood that really sticks with you is the music you listened to growing up. You could listen to the same song over and over again and still experience the same joy at your favourite passages.

That's the general theme of this Monsters Inc. inspired meme that has people sharing the iconic lyrics their childhood selves loved to belt out just like Mike Wazowski Singing With Feeling as seen in this blooper clip:

Please enjoy these tweets of pure '00s music nostalgia, where people share the one lyric they loved to sing when they were kids.

Starting with some 2006 Rihanna:

Some classic OutKast from the year 2000:

*The* Maroon 5 song from 2002:

Some old-school Kanye from 2008:

"Grenade" by Bruno Mars a.k.a. everyone's favourite song in 2010:

It doesn't get more 2004 than Usher ft. Alicia Keys:

Finally, the most dramatic track of the decade by Linkin Park:

But as with all memes, we predict that this one will also eventually get old.

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