a great song that asks why isn't it legal! Lyrics:
MARIJUANA (The government wants to test me when I pee)
Words and Music: Brian Robbins
Well once upon a time in 1776,
Thomas Jefferson signed his name on a piece of marijuana,
and this document was a symbol of freedom and of liberty,
at least for the rich, white gentry.
As time marched along,
this plant that I refer to has been used for everything,
from medicine to the American flag.
And now it seems to me
that somewhere along the way,
things got messed up, yeah, messed up.
Oh marijuana.
A gift of God to my brothers and me.
Oh marijuana
Now the government wants to test me when I pee.
Well some say a conspiracy
of the petro-chemical and pulp-paper industries combined
ha to kill the compitition.
Government hysteria,monopoly and conflict of interest,
with total impunity.
Yeah, so, if you don’t buy the conspiracy,
just look at the reality
that your tax dollars go
to spray poison on the fields of a farmer in South America.
And as an added bonus,
your neighbor might be the proud recipions of that poison weed.
Oh marijuana
now the government wants to test me when I pee.
Oh marijuana
a gift of god to my brothers and me.
Oh marijuana
you cant legislate your own morality.
Oh marijuana
the government wants to test me when I pee
Reefer madness, chronic sadness,
what is the half-life of bad propaganda?
Policies fail, denied bail,
you made him a demon now pay for his trip to prison.
Hired to promote the status quo,
but what is the shelf life of bad legislation.
The hypocrite smirks, it’s a moral disgrace
as he reads from a law that was written
about the same time that he had
his last original thought.
Well the men said he was dying,
and the nausea and the pain left him wasting away
and unable to keep a meal down.
So he tried everything a prescription could obtain
but to no avail.
The side effects were worse than the pain.
So now he breaks the law
to use the one thing that seems to help him out.
And the people say, Oh he's just getting’ high.
But not to change the subject but,
didn’t you ever wonder why getting’ high’s a crime,
yeah a crime.
Oh marijuana, a gift to god to my brothers and me.
Oh marijuana, now the government wants to test me when I pee.
Oh marijuana, the government wants to test me when I pee.
Oh marijuana, the government wants to test me when I pee.
Oh marijuana, the government wants to test me when I pee.
Oh marijuana, this is the part when everyone would sing along aha,when I pee
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siftbotsays...Moving this video to Gratefulmom's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
Gratefulmomsays...*beg
siftbotsays...Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Gratefulmom.
Ryjkyjsays...C'mon grateful. I'm not saying I don't like the post(upvote). But it only took about 3 seconds of it to tell it wasn't Phish. And it only took me 30 seconds to find this:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/brianrobbins3
EDIT: OK I see you've given the credit to Brian Robbins (never heard of him) but then why associate it with Phish at all? You got my hopes up with a Phish song I'd possibly not heard before.
Gratefulmomsays...My bad, it's fixed now. Wow really thought it was Phish, probably because it's all over the web as being a Phish song. Not sure as to why it has been associated that way however.
geo321says...*promote
siftbotsays...Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, March 15th, 2009 5:27am PDT - promote requested by geo321.
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