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The Chats "Smoko" is The Best Song About Smoking Loads of Cigarettes

Low-life smokers of the world unite, this is our eternal anthem!!!
Ryan Bassil
London, GB
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Fact, 1: Smoking is a disgusting, horrible habit. If you haven’t started yet, don’t!

Fact, 2: This song about smoking from Australian band The Chats fucking rips.

For the uninitiated, the term 'smoko' – which is the name of their song – is Australian social vernacular for ditching the toil of hard labour to head outside and take a sweet hit of the nicotine. As the Rap Genius annotations for the track states: “This song describes the reaction of a hard working Australian towards a person who interrupts there ‘smoko’ or their break” – which in this case is rage.

Listen below:

And yes, the song was released back in October and we’re only posting about it now a whole four months late but who cares? This is some good shit. It is the essence of sausage rolls, unwashed clothes, dirty fingernails and stained beer mats all rolled into one banging tune. It is an undeniable mood. Australia, for this, we forgive you for bringing all your mates into London to work in our bars. STRAYA FOREVER!!!!

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