Cannabis Criminalization: A Short History In Song
#111! Just like the title says. Here’s the lyrics: it was only 72 years ago the federal government suddenly said no more No more Cannabis No more hemp And since that fateful day They’ve shown nothing but contempt And the story is a very simple one Full of greed and bigotry and ambition It’s about hemp vs. nylon And William Randolph Hearst And a guy named Harry J. Anslinger If you know anyone that smokes the stuff You know it’s harmless as can be But our drug war will never get enough Until every one is rounded up and locked up for eternity First we have the company called dupont They invented nylon Hemp can do what nylon does and do it clean and cheap So dupont wanted to see it outlawed Add to this Harry J. Anslinger He was the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of narcotics He set his sights on cannabis as an easy way to prove his effectiveness You see, he characterized it as a dangerous drug as for proof he pointed to those who used it most which at that time was Mexican workers and black jazz musicians clearly, this drug had to be stopped In steps William Randolph Hearst Who makes Rupert Murdoch look like a saint In every newspaper he owned He very clearly showed How cannabis was the most lethal thing around If you know anyone that smokes the stuff You know it’s harmless as can be But our drug war will never get enough Until every one is rounded up and locked up for eternity 72 years later it’s just a fact Pot is a dangerous drug as simple as that Hemp’s the same as pot And if you disagree you’re either a hippy Or your some lunatic fringe wacko liberal fool But I say no to your silly outdated laws I say yes to the very reasonable cause I’ll knit you something out of hemp Maybe a scarf or a hat or sweater And then we can all get high and watch the sunset together!
January 29th, 2010 at 3:02 am
Thank you….
January 29th, 2010 at 3:48 am
I really enjoyed that! bravo!
January 29th, 2010 at 4:15 am
this song is awsom
January 29th, 2010 at 4:44 am
nice song your freaking awesome you put out an album every 2 weeks, shows how lazy bands are that only put one out every 2-4 years or more.
January 29th, 2010 at 5:02 am
Man fuck the government!!!!
January 29th, 2010 at 5:29 am
they didn’t graduate high school because they weren’t motivated. maybe that’s also why they smoke pot, but i smoked every day at my high school and still graduated second in my class.
January 29th, 2010 at 5:49 am
**cough** its called a bong
January 29th, 2010 at 6:37 am
its funny how everyone still ignores the fact that pot still does cause brain damage and is highly addictive.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:09 am
Awesome.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:16 am
great music here young man
January 29th, 2010 at 8:11 am
They didnt graduate cause they are stupid, not because they smoked pot
January 29th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Good song either way but I know too many people who didn’t graduate high school cuz they were to busy smoking pot. Sorry to say but I am glad it is still illegal.
January 29th, 2010 at 9:15 am
I’m glad you wrote this great song, made me smile
January 29th, 2010 at 9:35 am
true…Thanks!
January 29th, 2010 at 10:06 am
for sure but if these people you speek ov cant quit marijuana (witch is only psychologically addictive) then i would hate to see them do any psychically addictive drugs because they would never get over that
January 29th, 2010 at 10:28 am
that is true enough my friend.
its just sad seeing people struggle with addiction.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:14 am
what
you mean your friend and your girl said they were gonna smoke some weed and insted they fucked or somthing like that sorry bro but you cant put that one on weed eather thats just bad friends
January 29th, 2010 at 11:57 am
video games will do that too
the weed didet make your friends sit in a basement all day your friends made them selfs do it
January 29th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Great idea to go more folk. You can never go too folk.
January 29th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
he wrote it because of 420
January 29th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
i love gamejew
January 29th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
I love the School House Rock vibe coming from this. Bravo.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Way to relax?
Or like a scape for my best friend
and girlfriend to go off together and
do “Unheard of stuff….:(
January 29th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Lets start pushing Obama on legalization and decriminalization. I don’t smoke and I won’t still smoke if it was legal
January 29th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Yes, I know what you mean. But this can be said of anyone that does too much of anything. For each of my friends that’s a total bozo when they’re stoned, I have another friend who is totally coherent, and it’s just like drinking a beer for them, it’s a way too relax.