REMEMBER WHEN

Remember, back when black people were friends Because we only had each other then Back when we wore buttterfly collar shirts Platform shoes and mini skirts Back when the press an curl was in And wearing big afros was the trend Back when Malcolm was necessary And necessary was Malcolm you know when everything was on layaway And layaway was on time Back when Motown was the sound and Stevie and Smokey were laying it down Back when we had hool-a-hoops and hopscotch And plenty of doubledutch on the block When black families were united And believed in black power and never tried to hide it Back when the street lights came on And that told you it was time to get home Back when all black people had soul Because that was something no one could control Oh how I wish those days would come back again So I composed this rhyme to take me back to then