Remember When
Remember back when black people were friends because we only
had each other then
Back when we wore butterfly collar shirts platform shoes and mini skirts
when the press and curl was in and wearing a afro was the trend
When Malcolm was necessary and everything necessary was Malcolm
when everything was on layaway and layaway was on time
When Motown was the sound and the Temptations, Smokey and Stevie
were laying it down
When we had hoola hoops and hopscotch with plenty of double dutch
on the block
When black families were united and believed in black power and never
tried to hide it
When the street lights came on and that told you it was time to get home
When all black people had soul because that was something know one
could control
Oh I wish those days would comeback again so I composed this rhyme
to take me back to then
Copyright © Latonia Sears | Year Posted 2016
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