Good Times

“Good times, any time you meet a payment!

Good times, any time you need a friend!

Good times, any time you're out from under!

Not getting hassled, not getting hustled
Keepin' your head above water!

Making a wave when you can!

temporary layoffs - good times!

Easy credit rip-offs - good times!

Scratchin' and survivin' - good times!

Hangin' in a chow line - good times!

Ain't we lucky we got 'em? good times!” – (Songwriters: Marilyn Bergman / Alan Bergman / Dave Grusin).

As a child, I always loved watching the TV show Good Times. Even as a child the show theme song did not make any sense to me.

I wondered…. How could struggling and surviving be Good Times?

Now, that, I am older and I am still maturing (smile). It makes a little more sense.

There is nothing more powerful than thought. With our thoughts we can create heaven, hell, peace, hostility, happiness, and sadness.

We can create Good Times with what we have and with the people around us.

If you watch the TV show Good Times, you will see the Evens family was poor but they did not allow their condition to bring them down and stop their ambition, goals, and dreams.

They made the best with what they had.

The Evens family lived in the ghetto/projects of Chicago. Where there was crimes, drugs, alcoholism, prostitution, teenage pregnancy, and gangs. But they did not become a product of their environment.

Thanks to the head of their house James Evens and his Queen (Florida Evans) sticking by his side. Together, they raised their three children and made their lives…. Good Times!!

A lot of Black people/African Americans grow up in some of the worst cities and towns in America. But they do not lose hope. Even though it seems like there is none.

Just like the Evens family rather they have a father in the house or being raised in a single parent home with their mother.

They are making the best out of their lives and making memories….

Good Times!!




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Source: LyricFind Good Times lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc