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WROTE BY: TEECEE
**Intro**
Those Were the Days
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Greatest childhood memories…
Last day of school — *yay* No books, no rules,......
Calendar marked it, Daylight savings just got started, they say.....long, hot, sunny days are on their way......
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My favorite season.
Like Will Smith said… *summer, summertime* —
Time to kick back… and unwind.
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**Verse 1**
Life was so simple then, — no school, no plans.

Get up early, knock mom's to do list out, we knew she had plans, a whole lot of CRAZY Ass chores....but once done, we ran straight out that door....

Mom yelled........"Start in your bedroom" ...................That's already done, whats next mom? we knew our rooms better be clean, too early in the summer to make moms be mean...... ........ oooowww.....Those were the days,

First day of summer and I feel real good,
Hope the homies are ready — to keep the drama out the hood.

we had til the street lights came on....let's get it; lets go!

Everybody had kites, you wanted one too, mom said you could make one.....put that thinking cap on, it was done....... ........Caught that June bug, attached that string, watched as it took flight..............., hellava kite, kids today wont understand our imagination was tight--

boombox jammin, as the girls did their dance steps, we were doing flips and walking on our hands with no help..........-----telling you those were the days.......

**Chorus**
Those were the days,
I can still hear Mom callin’ our names.
Always had extras for all our strays —
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**Verse 2**
.......Using bricks as chalk, drawing numbers on the ground, Jumping rope in the driveway, yall were just teen double-dutch queens, so good could've been a pro team........Those were the days,

Jump-rope songs, yall did not lack, Miss Mary Mack—with buttons down her back. Who made that shit up? I don’t know, black— But them songs had the whole block coming right back........Those were the days,

Kickball, dodgeball, baseball too,
Head to the diamond — wait… we don’t got a bat, who knew?
Grab a big stick, heads or tails for the pick,
Strike one, strike two — pop fly, everybody yellin’ “Get it!”, Catch it!

We knew it would hurt, but he never swayed,
homie became a legend that day.
Bare-handed… maaaan —.........ooowww.......Those were the days,

— Relay Races in the middle of the street, "on your mark get set go.........little lady on the block always won, she was so fast........ had no clue we were watching her cute ass.......Those were the days,

**Verse 3**
.Look! Whole bunch walkin’ to Carver Park for lunch,
Gone all day — nobody worried ’bout us.

School crush already at the pool, wanted him to notice you,
Tried to act cool, climbed the high dive, broke all the rules.
Climbed to the top, scared ....Jumped anyway, couldnt be stopped, We all held Both Hands up— "we gave it a ten!" world’s best belly-flop.....

We laughed, and
Teased you, i mean so much laughter, but that didnt matter.....

the two of you were determined to share what yall had been waiting for all year, that soft, first kiss, smiling and blushing with bliss...........
Yeah… those the moments we will always miss. ........Those were the days,

**Bridge**
Mama said, “Slow down, stay a kid,”
But listenin’? Nah… that’s not what we did.

We wanted to be grown, chase somethin’ unknown,
Now all we want to do

… is to go back home.

........------So many memories .......from a Hundred-twenty-sixth Street
memories that will always stay locked inside me.........

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**Final Chorus**
Those were the days,
I can still hear Mom callin’ our names.

Want somethin’ to drink? Better Use that water hose.

Sun going down, sitting on the curb as we begin to slow down,
Everybody acting like they watching the stars but really waiting on that silent alarm ..........

Street lights......Good night.......betta hurry and say your good-byes..........man that kite was tight.. we all dapped hands...lets get ready for tomorrow to do the same old shit again.....
....(Those were the days) Summer time memories......they mean so much too me.......those were the days.......

Man........All I can say…
Yeah… **those were the days.**

**those were the days.** **those were the days.**those were the days. **those were the days.*

WROTE BY: TEECEE