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Well once upon a time in 1776,
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Thomas Jefferson signed his name on a piece of marijuana,
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and this document was a symbol of freedom and of liberty,

at least for the rich, white gentry.
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As time marched along,
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this plant that I refer to has been used for everything,
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from medicine to the American flag.
 
Yeah, so, if you don?t buy the conspiracy,
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just look at the reality
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that your tax dollars go
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to spray poison on the fields of a farmer in South America.

And as an added bonus,
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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

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NOW STRUM THE ABOVE CHORD FOR THE FOLLOWING PART 

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.


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Well the men said he was dying,
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and the nausea and the pain left him wasting away
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and unable to keep a meal down.
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So he tried everything a prescription could obtain
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but to no avail.
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The side effects were worse than the pain.

So now he breaks the law
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to use the one thing that seems to help him out.
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And the people say, Oh he's just getting high.
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But not to change the subject but,
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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