I Miss the Days

Yeah
Can you hear me
Can they hear me
Okay, cool
Yeah, yeah I got this

I miss the days when we could dance in the rain
With all our clothes getting soaked
But we just laughed through the strain
And back then no one would care
If all our knickers were torn
And we had nothing to prove
Yet we were never alone

I miss the yard where we gathered to play
Back when the streets had no fear
And we could play till the night
We would just run with no plan
And still we'd come back in time
Back then we'd make up our games
Even with canta and ball

I miss that school that was two hours away
when I woke up at five and was trekking by day
With the shoes on my leg that had the hole near the toe
And all the padding inside that made it fit for the road

I miss the walk just to fetch from the stream
It was three rounds or more and we'd fill up the pot
With all our hands red and sore
But we laughed on the road
And then we cracked all those jokes
While we carried our load

I miss the time when my brother got bold
Saw a girl walk with load
It was bucket on head
Needed no hands at all
Just the balance she kept
And my man tried the same
But it dropped where he stepped

I miss the games drawn with chalk on the ground
We'd put stones in a row and then jump all around
I miss the Songs that we sang in the dark of the night
With all our Hands on the table
Then we'd clap for the spark
One would forget, and we laughed till we cried
There was no nepo baby, but we carried our pride
Oh change your style
Another one
Another one
Just be like that
Just be like that
Just be like that

I miss the sleep that would come without stress
With no phones to recheck
No fake smiles to impress
We just all closed our eyes with no noise in the head
And the dreams came with ease
When we laid on the bed

I miss the shop with the sweets in the tray
Though we had just few Kobos
But they still made us stay
It was Speedy biscuit with my friend down the street
He would chew it real slow so the joy would repeat

I miss the sound of my name from people now gone
People now gone
People now gone

The way, they said it, it made me feel strong
Made me feel strong
Made me feel strong

They called on me like I mattered for real
Mattered for real
Mattered for real

Like I was known with no need to explain
No need to explain
No need to explain

I miss the times when the rain hit the zinc
We all would just kept quiet while we listened to think
With our buckets all out, tried to catch every drop
And if the rain wouldn't stop we'd sing

Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day
Little children want to play
Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day
Little children want to play

And if you take me back
Know I wouldn't change a thing
Not the walks in the dust
Not the cuts they would bring
Not the plate that we shared
Not the fights for the spoon
Not the long hot nights with no fan in the room