Kids Today

They say the youth are lazy, heads stuck in the sand,

Lost in their devices, can’t lend a helping hand.

But don’t you dare forget, back in nineteen sixty-eight

You were the counter culture and cursed the heads of state.

Now you point your fingers, so quick to lay the blame,

But history’s repeating, and it’s you who lit the flame!

Kids today, they’re just like you!

Rebelling, fighting, searching for truth.

Kids today, you can’t erase,

The fact you wore the exact same face!

You say we’re all entitled, we don’t know sacrifice,

But you grew up on credit, while we pay the price.

Your records sang rebellion, your books tore down the norms,

Yet here you stand condemning, forgetting your own storms.

You rage against the trends, the tattoos, the colored hair,

But flashback to your photos, weren’t you halfway there?

Kids today, they’re just like you!

Defiant, dreaming, breaking through.

Kids today, it’s always the same,

A cycle where you once stoked the flame!

Every generation gets the same critique,

Blamed for the downfall, labeled as weak.

But who built the system that’s cracking at the seams?

It wasn’t us, why won't you hear our screams?

Kids today, they’re just like you!

Rebelling, fighting, searching for truth.

Kids today, you can’t deny,

You were just like us, don’t even try!

So next time you’re ranting from your pedestal up high

Remember your own youth, and the fire in your eyes.

Kids today, we’re standing tall and strong

You forget so easily, it’s just the same old song.