"ballin" poems - Hello Poetry

I remember what we used to be Swinging and climbing up every tree That time when everyone would go outside just to play tag Now all we got is 8 year old kids complaining about too much lag And all those ballin' teenagers saying 'We got so much swag' Now one of the only things you see Is teen girls selling out virginity 25$ at one time you could've almost caught a taxi ride from here to Tennessee I feel sorry for the next generation Swag ballin' COD players running this nation Now just give me one second of concentration heavy intake of breath Sorry, all the violence in the world has sent my mind through so much rehabilitation I realized everything we thought was right was wrong Simple math, it shouldn't have taken us this long But it doesn't matter cause everyone's taking a hit from the nearest **** These geniuses go and call others ******** Thanks, we're all mentally unstable and needed an excuse to be carted To the nearest funeral home Cause no one ever put us under loves dome Ding ding ding we have a winner Obviously the one without a ring on their finger Forever alone because others see them as a sinner When all they're trying to do is get another night's dinner 22 years from now we'll all be middle aged Stuck in a job wanting to be uncaged The worlds resources steadily going down the drain An we're all stuck on a one way train To hell or up above That's when you wish you'd just been born a dove Life's quite tough don't be late It seems today is quite an important date Though you've already come so far One day you'll be crying in a bar Thinking about your past when it was so easy Every day the wind was cool and breezy And you were swinging and climbing up every tree I remember what it used to be

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Aug 11, 2013

Aug 11, 2013 at 4:37 AM UTC

james-priest

Used to Be (Slam Poem)

I remember what we used to be Swinging and climbing up every tree That time when everyone would go outside just to play tag Now all we got is 8 year old kids complaining about too much lag And all those ballin' teenagers saying 'We got so much swag' Now one of the only things you see Is teen girls selling out virginity 25$ at one time you could've almost caught a taxi ride from here to Tennessee I feel sorry for the next generation Swag ballin' COD players running this nation Now just give me one second of concentration heavy intake of breath Sorry, all the violence in the world has sent my mind through so much rehabilitation I realized everything we thought was right was wrong Simple math, it shouldn't have taken us this long But it doesn't matter cause everyone's taking a hit from the nearest **** These geniuses go and call others ******** Thanks, we're all mentally unstable and needed an excuse to be carted To the nearest funeral home Cause no one ever put us under loves dome Ding ding ding we have a winner Obviously the one without a ring on their finger Forever alone because others see them as a sinner When all they're trying to do is get another night's dinner 22 years from now we'll all be middle aged Stuck in a job wanting to be uncaged The worlds resources steadily going down the drain An we're all stuck on a one way train To hell or up above That's when you wish you'd just been born a dove Life's quite tough don't be late It seems today is quite an important date Though you've already come so far One day you'll be crying in a bar Thinking about your past when it was so easy Every day the wind was cool and breezy And you were swinging and climbing up every tree I remember what it used to be