Back in the days when I was young

There was no such thing as time out

Time out?

That’s what you was asking for

When your mama had that switch in her hand

That she talk that lil ass chain in the backyard

Beaten ya ass up the stairs

There wasn’t any backtalking, lip smacking, *smacks lips* eye rolling

Nah not in her face

There wasn’t a colour tv, a dvd, var, telephone in your room

Just be glad you had a room

We didn’t know what it felt like to pick our own clothes

N watch tv past 9, or voice our own opinions

But we had a choice to go to bed now or get our ass whooped now

There wasn’t any playin after dark

Or hanging round grown folks conversations

Lights on, your ass better be in thе house

No cell, pages or two ways

All wе had was walky-talkies that were two ft away

But remember wearing jean jackets

N all our clothes backwards

Or how about names airbrushed on jeans

N everybody signing their name on them

Don’t let me forget about zits, backlaces n alligators

Dont trip, you knew you had a pair

B-Ks converse, homers n shell toe

Black white nylon reebok classics

Or atomic in erry single colour

N don’t let me get about half leather in suede jeans

Wearing used slick, damaged or cross colours all together

Triple facts n stalkers that you wouldn’t take off cause they wouldn’t fit in your locker

(Couldn’t shut the door)

Camo pants, n pack leather shoes

I’d die to have a pair

Didn’t you? polka dots in a quality heirloom

Ray on shirts n wearing vest with everything

While others wore verticals n horizontals together

No bling bling or iced out things

All we had were dope ropes n names

N hair fried n laid to the side

Stat curls, fangle waves, n french rolls

Box braids n natural cornrows

Gumies gone everyone

Remember tape recorders, boom boxes, jaw breakers

N american popsicles, how bout nialators n chocolate watermelon

N banana , n fireballs

Not to mention the junk that we couldn’t eat at all

Summer came n we still did our thing

Jelly shoes in the dirt n when they were pulled off you had a neat lil patch work

Halter tops n booty shorts for girls, cut off pep boy n for boys

We had real stuff to do like play outside

Do flips n cartwheels make up cheers n catch fireflies too

Stuff has changed don’t you agree

Well never forget about how things used to be

What?

You said vorticals

Ahaha

Vorticals

Look at you

Imma get this