Dear Daddy
My daddy was a preacher
He back slid from his faith
He stopped serving God
And went his own way
The crack pipes became his pool pits
He would pray to the drug dealing gods for just one more hit
No more sermons on Sundays
Because he was having crack pipe holidays
Fiends would become his congregation
But he wasn't preaching salvation
He was too busy inhaling crack pipe air just like them
Excepting crack pipe offerings they gave to him
I often wondered what went wrong
How did daddy end up singing Satan’s national anthem song
I mean how you can go from being a bible tolling preacher
To a, crack pipe teacher
Teacher I say because you teaching people Satan’s way
You went from teaching bible class
To teaching crack class
Showing new comers how to put yellow crumbs in a pipe glass
You strung out on that girl cracklena
You chasing her into back alleys and up and down street
You haven't seen your wife and kids in like three weeks
Because you been worshiping that cracklena's feet's
She got you chasing a high that died after the first hit
A high that will never again exist
But you can't quit
You in so deep and you so scared because you having irregular heart beats
While you getting high you praying for God's mercy
You praying that you won’t OD
You praying that you won’t have a heart attack
You praying that God just won’t turn his back
The sun doesn't even look bright anymore
You’re afraid you might not even make it to 44
The truth is God can let you live
So you daddy can repent of your sins
He can call you out of darkness
He can pull you from the lion's mouth
And every mistake you have made
God can wash you out
The decision is yours
You can walk through those church doors
Christ died to set you free
Your future is not to become an internal junkie
I know my prayers won’t go in vain
God will release you from drug addict lane
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