Chance - Intellectual

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I was that kid growing up wonderin' who daddy was

Why'd he never come around, huh? Ma?

All kindsa questions i would ask her

I wasn't ready for the answers no, no

To grandma's house we'd go

Grandpa's passed out on the floor drunk

So we'd tip toe

We didn't wanna wake the animal (Uh)

Telly's barely loud enough to hear our cartoons over cereal

Hah ha

Franky's outside

Screaming at his

Mother like she's more than capable of paying rent as well as putting more than food up on the table, what he wanted was a stereo for his cassеttes

While lil' sisters on thе nebby in a trailer full of smoke tho

Grandma was in the kitchen doing dishes getting all emotional over it

Sometimes it's gon' pour but it can't rain forevahhh

Sometimes the sun gon' shine but we'll still run for shelter

Don't you ever get to comfortable

Run... run away

You can do something beautiful

Run... run awaaaaay

Walking the rail road track home

Ma just got off shift at Wendy's

Tryna save her money bringing all the leftys back home

So me and kels didn't have to go bed with stomachs empty

She'd act like this was only temporary

She getting ready for a lil' party in her backyard with some friends

Me and Kelly we were in the living room playing make pretend, cowboys and Indians

Ma's friends are in the kitchen

One asks me if I want a cigarette

Puts it in my mouth then they poured me shot of what they sippin'

Four years old had me feeling like a man damnit

Mama, didn't look too impressed, she handled her business, oh boy

She tucked us into bed, kissed us on the forehead and she

Shut the door *Door slam*