One who May Aspire (OMA) - Back In The Day lyrics

[One who May Aspire] Today's the last day of cla** yay! You've made it! To graduation! Congratulations! You've got a BS! In your BS! And uh PS It won't relieve stress Now you're mentally depressed With many regrets, Don't you wish we had recess? Instead of worrying about student loans And who has the coolest clothes? Because back in the day we'd laugh and we'd play Spin the bottle in Batman PJs To be the guy that shorty liked She wasn't a model, but we'd try to pick her up with corny lines Before-It's story time! And nap time ended sooner the more we whined Now I replay the tape to pa** time and it won't rewind! We're all down to our last dimes and rap rhymes As I ask why Can't we go back to the way things used ta be? Because everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten How to read words, pictures, how I learned friendships Now I burn bridges as if an arson Sparking flames to the snakes in the garden Until burnt to cinders send the guard in Because these days, kids are marked men And their souls been done hardened If they aren't then sold in a bargain Left all alone in the cold winter when they're starving From all they've gotta gain, no, hungers not a game If there's just one thing that I learned from all the pain Good thing that I learned many And I stomached the stomachs that weren't empty In a sense it's a kids innocence That makes childhood most precious Versus his adult lessons 94 till…