Out of the entirety of Chance's catalog, which also includes an optimistic cover of a children's TV show theme ("Wonderful Everyday") and tracks about being completely true to yourself ("Wanna Be Cool") and dealing with Chicago's violence ("Paranoia"), admittedly, "Smoke Again" isn't the most progressive. His sexual history is relegated to lyric boasts and marijuana is smoked (what is this, 1960?). But, if we're going to hold other artists to the same standard, we should never ever play Jimmy Buffett (his "Coral Reefer" band isn't named after the ocean), Madonna ("Like A Virgin"), Willie Nelson (you'll get a contact high at every show), AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" or any Led Zeppelin ("The Lemon Song" especially), The Rolling Stones (LOL) or arguably every popular song ever in a sports stadium. Even so, in the context of 2013 hip-hop, of a then-20-year-old rapper, the lyrics are pretty tame. It's sexist in the way that all aspects of pop culture, like, say, sports journalism, are sexist. That's not to say the sexism in those early-Chance lyrics is 100 percent OK, but there are bigger fish to fry and better arguments to make.