I remember me and my friends playing in the schoolyard Playing silly games making up the rules Then I would walk on home all by myself Cause back then we didn't worry 'bout no strangers I would get to my house there were no locked doors Never worried about freaks or predators hangin around We fought with our fists nobody pulled a gun Just get a bloody nose and take off and run But nowadays everything has changed, violence everywhere A state of disrepair Tell me where have the old days gone Can we bring em back where they belong It wouldn't take too long it's easy to see where we went wrong We sat around playing records with our friends next door And the only one rappin' was the local store And now we turn on the news and the worlds on fire And if we wanna be safe we need the One much higher Tell me where the old days have gone Can we bring em back where they belong It wouldn't take too long it's easy to see where we went wrong We let Him down but he never went away Let's bring back the Son and seize the day... Oh and I'm tellin' you how it used to be We would pray out in the open Without a legal fee Tell me where have the old days gone Can we bring em back where they belong It wouldn't take too long It's easy to see where we went wrong We let Him down but he never went away Let's bring back the Son and seize the day...