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