Old School Talk
Grandma asked me did I mind going to the store.
I gave her a look as if I wasn't sure.
Grandma begin to start one of her speeches, which really sounds like one of my
teachers.
Grandma begin to say, she had to work hard for her pay, and that I would learn
what thats like one day.
She said just to buy a can of lard, she had to work in somebody's yard.
Grandma said " When I was young, sometimes being a child wasn't so much fun.
She said she had to study real hard in school , because she wasn't going to be
nobody's fool.
By the time grandma finished high school, she found out about a new rule.
The rule was she must go to college, to better her education and gain more
knowledge
Grandma went to college and got her degree, she said if I follow in her footsteps
that could some day be me.
After that long old school talk, straight to the store I did walk.
I made up in my mind right at that time, if grandma ever ask me to go to the store
I won't give her that look anymore.
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