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Close your eyes And go back...
Before "Myspace"
Before the Internet
Before semi automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo
I'm talking bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Red light, Green light.
Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Mother May I
Red Rover
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons,
power rangers, ninja turtles
or what about legends of the
hidden temple, global guts, double dare, and who
could forget Snick and All that with Kenon and Kel
. Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages,
G-Force & He-Man Wonder Woman
& Scooby Doo Underoos
Playing Dukes of Hazard
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar Christmas morning
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Playing fairies and indians in your back yard.
Climbing trees
Getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
overalls.pigtail braids. and jelly shoes.
Runnin ' till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playing
you first crush. ever.
Rainy days at school meant playing
"Heads up 7UP" in the classroom
I'm not finished yet...
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips
Abilities were discovered because
of a "double-dog-dare"
spinning around, getting dizzy, fallin
over was the cause for giggles
the worst thing you could catch from the
opposite sex was cooties
When nearly everyone's mom
was at home when the kids got there.
when the humiliation was being
picked last for a team
water balloons were
the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance
and another quarter a Miracle.
The tooth fairy was awesome
because you got money from her.
When any parent could discipline any kid,
or feed him or use him to carry
older siblings were the worst tormentors,
but also the fiercest protectors.
groceries, and nobody, not even the kid,
thought a thing of it.
When your parents took you to McDonalds
and you were so cool
. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate
that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically we were in fear for our lives
but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings, drugs, gangs
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
I want to go back to the time when
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough
to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Decisions were made by going
"eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming,
"do over!"
or "ooooo...ma ma ma maaa...im telling.."
meant you did something bad
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever
was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends
Before "Myspace"
Before the Internet
Before semi automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo
I'm talking bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Red light, Green light.
Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Mother May I
Red Rover
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons,
power rangers, ninja turtles
or what about legends of the
hidden temple, global guts, double dare, and who
could forget Snick and All that with Kenon and Kel
. Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages,
G-Force & He-Man Wonder Woman
& Scooby Doo Underoos
Playing Dukes of Hazard
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar Christmas morning
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Playing fairies and indians in your back yard.
Climbing trees
Getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
overalls.pigtail braids. and jelly shoes.
Runnin ' till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playing
you first crush. ever.
Rainy days at school meant playing
"Heads up 7UP" in the classroom
I'm not finished yet...
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips
Abilities were discovered because
of a "double-dog-dare"
spinning around, getting dizzy, fallin
over was the cause for giggles
the worst thing you could catch from the
opposite sex was cooties
When nearly everyone's mom
was at home when the kids got there.
when the humiliation was being
picked last for a team
water balloons were
the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance
and another quarter a Miracle.
The tooth fairy was awesome
because you got money from her.
When any parent could discipline any kid,
or feed him or use him to carry
older siblings were the worst tormentors,
but also the fiercest protectors.
groceries, and nobody, not even the kid,
thought a thing of it.
When your parents took you to McDonalds
and you were so cool
. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate
that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically we were in fear for our lives
but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings, drugs, gangs
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
I want to go back to the time when
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough
to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Decisions were made by going
"eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming,
"do over!"
or "ooooo...ma ma ma maaa...im telling.."
meant you did something bad
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever
was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends