Flashback To My Youth
I was hanging on the corner
I was looking so cool
Just smiling from ear to ear
And acting like a fool.
Had my boom box on my shoulder
With music blaring loud
With my cell phone in my pocket
And I'm eying the crowd.
All the youths just started laughing
I was a sight to see
And they asked what I was doing
Hanging out there so free.
With my doorag in my pocket
And pants leg half way up
And my short shirt showing navel
As on my hip pants dropped.
With my hair of many colors
And make-up on real thick
So many beads around my neck
And flaming red lip-stick.
I knew what they were thinking as
They watched this old Granny
She must have lost her marbles
Or she's back in the sixties.
Well since this is a free country
I'm as young as I feel
And today I feel like twenty
So I'm keeping it real.
Then they backed up off my corner
And left me on my shelf
So now all the fun is over
I'm back to my old self.
Copyright © Jacquelyn Sturge | Year Posted 2008
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