While it first appears that the song will be a nostalgic look at the speaker’s childhood, the song then goes on to describe the racial violence and economic depression that the speaker witnessed as an adolescent and a young adult.
Iako se isprva čini kako je pjesma nostalgični pogled na protagonistovo djetinjstvo, pjesma nakon toga opisuje rasno nasilje i ekonomsku depresiju kojoj svjedoče adolescent i srednjovječni čovjek.