Was It This Bad ?

Yet again I hear the sirens of a police car screech to a stop outside
A door being kicked in the arrested taken away yet another pointless ride
Probably a drugs bust or another weapons seizure
Life on this estate seems to get sleazier and sleazier
 
It wasn’t this bad when we were that young was it?
Juveniles on street corners look contemptuously at you and spit
To many religions creeds and gangs fighting each other
Racial intolerance pitting brother against brother
 
There’s no respect for the law today and what it stands for
Daily we see the elderly being targeted more and more
It wasn’t like this when we were there age was it?
It’s as if the world seems fractured and split
 
Adolescent punks shooting up in the street, drugs a 21st century curse
Their elders you,me,him,her to scared to intervene fearful of abusive reprisal or worse
Was it this bad when we were there age?
Yeah sure we had juvenile crime but this, this is off the gauge
 
Daily now our children are dying
Leaving behind them shattered families grieving and crying
The police need more powers enough is enough
Government’s need to empower them more they need to get tough
 
It wasn’t this bad when I was there age
I say this as someone who hasn’t lived 3 or 4 score
We have to stop this violent generation
I wasn’t this bad at their age me you ask I’m 34