Back in the Day

I find it rather obvious when I was just a young boy How things were so different in a more engaging way Now declining world standards and political correctness I know it makes me a dinosaur and really that's ok Now that I'm much older and my bucket list is long My vision board's the right thing in a world gone so wrong And don't tell me I have to accept a softened world view Respect is earned not bought with votes in the world where I grew Back in the day when gay meant happy Back in the day when the F word was taboo Back in the day when drugs were wrong and lawless Back in the day when politicians worked for you Back in the day when we respected Cops and Fathers Back in the day of part time jobs after school Back in the day a chore list to do Back in the day of the golden rule These days I end up shakin' my head quite frequently When its thrown in my face this buzz word diversity The political correct movement I never signed up for that You can't fix what isn't broken creating adversity Now that I'm much older collecting my paid dues Suffice to say I earned my way please and thank you It's become cliche to say it's a different world out there It's an accurate observation far removed from our love affair Back in the day of driving standard She sat beside you with 4 on the floor Back in the day when cars had muscle Back in the day when we opened our girl's door Back in the day of boy meets girl Back in the day of the hustle and a date Back in the day when we held our girl's hands Back in the day when internet had no face Back in the day of a record collection Back in the day when a song was written to sing Back in the day when rap meant a criminal record And music awards were for musical things Back in the day video games weren't invented Back in the day we played games the real deal Back in the day sun up sun down we played outside Back in the day we played at life with feel