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Let this moment be a testament/ A living will of how I feel
About the days passed/ The friends we lost
Times that changed/ Families paid the cost
Let us remember just when it seemed oh, so right
Those days gone/ When did it all go wrong?
It seemed like yesteryear when I held you near
Like fresh freeze cups on a hot summer day
Let this moment play like hide and seek
Matinees in June/ We grew up too soon
If we could relive it again let it be the same way
On a rainy day we would play in the sand
We didn’t understand
Life was good/ Childhood bliss
Oh, how I reminisce
Of all the innocence/ The laughter and the pain
Full of hopes and dreams/ Why’d it have to change?
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Like 8-tracks and shag rugs and blowouts and blue lights
My love for you is ol’ school ‘cause it just feels so right
Like 8-tracks and shag rugs and blowouts and blue lights
My love for you is ol’ school ‘cause it just feels so right
Let this moment commemorate/ Tell stories of what we miss
Back then so simple were all our lives
Until the crack came and things started to change
Some went away to school/ Some never made it out
Some had families/ Others faded out
To a big disease with a little name/
Babies born into it caused so much pain
It seems like yesteryear when we were so carefree
Being alive in that time was the place to be
Sun up to sunrise we ripped and ran
Alive with promise living hard as we can
Seems silly now, having no concerns
The worries of children at play
I guess I would do about anything
To have life like it was just yesterday
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Let this moment be a show of love
For all the things that we can’t have back
The possibilities of bigger things to come
The leaders of tomorrow/ Now there are none
We had Sunday afternoons on the swings in the park
That’s until the guns and violence set up shop
Young boys pretend to be men until they meet their end
It’s just so sad because it just don’t stop
I had a friend named Kenny and he was my best
Like peas in a pod we’d stay
With something to prove and nothing to lose
Jealousy took Kenny’s life away
It’s such a sad state/ The lives we take
Not holding to the best of who we are
Mothers mourn the loss of their eldest sons
I thought life was to be about having fun
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Now all we have left are the memories
See times they change/ Can never stay the same
We can say we were there, but let’s teach the youth
And let our lives be the living proof
We can’t bring back those we lost
But let none be in vain
Or nothing’s gained
It’s such a shame, but we hold our heads high
And learn from our past
So the dreams will last
I still love you like I love myself
I’m here for you when you need a little help
We stick together still like peas in a pod
We gonna make even if it gets a little hard
They push us, but we push a little harder
The world’s crafty, but we move a little smarter
Never alone when I’m by your side
So we put the top down and enjoy the ride with our…
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