Smokin' In The House

from A Poor Man's Journal by Chris Chronic

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lyrics

I tried to track my father's foot steps from the front door
they led me right up the block to the liquor store
the window reflected visions of the man i was looking for
a picture of myself was wthe image i was looking towards
i guess my dad started off like me
disobeying the rules breaking down the family tree
i was too young to know if he abandoned me
or had to leave cuz he can't stand the heat
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Man it's hard for a young black kid these days
even harder for my mother with four seeds to raise
mad bills to pay, mad meals to make
waking up every morning , more work and no play
she made us pray for every meal we ate
and it's things like that i still do today
but i didn't listen when she told me to stray
away from the kids smoking haze and selling yay
i was heade down the same road my old man paved
cheated on the test of life i made my own grades
kicked out of school at an early age
i know my earth don't wanna see me in a early grave
locked up like a slave for the rest of my days
or jobless with kids to raise, its just a phase
but if i don't obey her rules today
i gotta find a new place to stay

credits

from A Poor Man's Journal, released April 20, 2017

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Chris Chronic Richmond, Virginia

Chris P. a.k,a, Chris Chronic, current member of local hip-hop group Divine Profitz,has been blessing the mic since the mid 90's with original, thought provoking, conscious, anti-commercial, music and lyrics.