Caught Up

I can still hear the laughter

Kids enjoying themselves; having fun

Dancing to 70’s R&B

Jermain Jackson singing “Feelin Free”

when “the bump” was the craze

And high school was a rat’s maze
Back when Nixon was a bad joke
And good weed made a vet choke

When “Soul Train” was the show to watch
When every dancer was so top notch
Back when Michael was Prince of Pop
We jammed to the beat, never wanted to stop

Remember when Ali was the champ?
He rejected Vietnam and Army boot camp

Stood his ground; didn’t fall for the trap

Stood strong like a man and took a bad rap

Remember when everything, was smooth like butter?

Didn’t have crime stats, kids dead in the gutter

Used to be about respect, love and fun

Now its street-gangs, violence and the gun

Old-school was solid and so copastetic

What used to be easy, is now rat-race hectic
Now-a-days its hustle and fight your way through
Don’t even have time, to just be…you*