I miss......ME

Whatever happened to the old me?
You know, the one who used to be..
All up in every outing and every scene
Caught up in the moment, future too far to see.
Doing whatever YOU wanted to do..
Living life aimlessly not having a clue
Of what tomorrow brings or what is due,

Ya, whatever happened to the old you?
ME is what happened to the old me.
Shit, I realized that I'm actually not three!
That I'm not living at home but wish I could, rent-free.
That my employer doesn't really recognize my degree?
No... they didn't teach me "LIFE 101" at the university.
Like what i'm supposed to do during times of adversity?
And how to negotiate my first salary without losing my dignity,
That actually paying my bills on time is a necessity.

But I guess " The Course on life" is part of my education,
I may have not have seen it during registration.
I was still trying to figure out how to pay my tuition.
TOO excited about the prospects of attending a college institution.
Caught off guard by all those damn classes,
Or at the bars and parties busy shaking our asses.
Trying to fit in with the freshman and the rest of the masses.
Worried that there's not enough liqor filling our glasses.

This is in memory of the OLD me..But a NEWer, GROWN up version that IS the OLD(er) me.