Back in The Day

Back in The Day

Kids these days just aren’t the same

Why back in the day you worked hard and got paid

Except Sunday ‘cause that’s the Lord’s day don’t be late

For Church, now shut up and pray

Participate. Fine. But you don’t get a trophy

Everyone’s not a winner that’s for the best only

And diversity’s so great? Where’s that data, show me

[Now Insert something racist and/or homophobic]

This safe space culture this liberal agenda

It turned my niece gay now I gotta unfriend her

Before I get on facebook and lose my temper

Cause you snowflakes won’t shut up about gender

And sex and identity they’re all the same

It’s the Natural Law, always been that way

But you can still be saved! You don’t have to be gay!

There’s conversion therapy, plus you can pray it away!

Back in the day, we didn’t talk about race

Now its social justice all in my face

But all lives matter and hey by the way

The anthem is playing stand up, know your place

You had your president so what are you crying about

You can’t say I’m racist, we already tried him out

Now Donald Trump’s gotta put all of his fires out

And hopefully stop the American dream dying out

Back in the day it was simpler then

There’s violence on both sides, so please tell me when

You’ll stop this millennial song and dance

And start making America great again

Back in the day.

…………………….

Now I have a couple questions.

So back in the day? I’m just curious when.

I’m not asking for me but more for my friends

I’m the least qualified, I’m not gonna pretend

But I’ll do what I can and I’ll do it for them

First off though I think I should really come clean

I stopped going to church when I was 16

I honestly knew it just wasn’t for me

So I lied. And instead I’d get coffee and read

Since we’re being honest I’ve never used a safe space

Even though I’m a special college student snowflake

Unless, wait, didn’t we go to one every Sunday?

Remember everyone closed eyes, held hands, and prayed?

As for facebook, you should unfriend me too then

Since I haven’t used that since 2010

And your hate speech wasn’t cool then

So I mean, in 2018 can you at least pretend?

That you weren’t born in a Puritan colony

God all that shit really bothers me

All of these lectures and homilies, toxic misogyny

You want examples? You just hit the lottery

Follow me.

There’s no agenda no secrets

Women are things besides nurses and teachers

She’s not destroying the family by not being a breeder

She’s doing your job and getting paid less, believe it

So back in what day

Really

Back in what day?

Back when it was a crime to be gay?

Or back to the times they could segregate race

Or back to the land of the free and the slaves?

How can you tell an entire race

To “get over” slavery, “get on with your day”

You realize that Martin and Malcolm were put in the grave cause they didn’t behave?

That was back in the day.

And Gave Obama a chance?

Not even a little bit

You obsessed over seeing the man’s birth certificate

That prejudice? We’ve had our fill of it.

It’s fucking villainous so we’ll do what we can to keep killing it

All lives don’t matter if black lives don’t

Same sex couples can build up a home

Women want equal pay in addition to votes

That’s freedom to us, and it gives me some hope