Prince Ea - Smoking Weed With the President lyrics

[Verse 1: Prince EA](Obama impersonator) Mr. President, I come to you on behalf of my generation To talk to you about this little plant situation See, a lot of politicians hate it But I'mma break it down and demonstrate to you Why it's not as bad as they make it sound See, you're the president that I believe can handle this Heck, ya campaign slogan was ''Yes, we cannabis'' Just kidding, but seriously Let's examine this subject truthfully, dawg Look, so you taught constitutional law at Harvard, right, in 96? Well, you should know the Declaration of Independence was drafted outta hemp So were the sails that pushed our ships on the path to the colonies So was the fuel used for Henry Ford's model T So in a sense, you could say that pot has actually driven American history (Please, it makes you lazy and underachieve) But how can that be When some of the most successful people smoked weed? From Walt Disney to Milton Fried(man) From Stephen King to Steve Jobs The apple didn't fall far from the tree You get it? Steve Jobs, apple, trees Jobs created the Apple computer high off weed See, people believe that this plant is sinful But let's go back in time and find out exactly where these beliefs came from Cause before the 1930's, you could blaze up But after the 1930's, things changed up Cause that's man President Hoover commissioned a man named Harry J. Anslinger As head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics His middle name's ironic Cause he was the main guy attempting to demonize marijuana Ummm, I mean cannabis sativa See, the name ''marijuana'', he created as propaganda For the people to make it sound more dirty And a little more evil Figured if he scared the public enough they would want it illegal He teamed up with newspapers, who had their own motivations (Like what?) Google decorticator The newspapers printed fake stories About how every puff destroys your brain Making you crazy insane, prone to murder and rape The used race and then said again That weed makes white women get pregnant By Negroes and immigrant Mexicans And based off of no research and investigation Congress rubber stamped that legislation And then poof, there was a law around it So we accepted it and never thought about it But, let's get smart about it Lies and greed are the real reasons that it's illegal And the reason you got that look on your face When I talk about it [Hook] Smoking weed with the president, with the pres Smoking weed with the president, with the pres Smooking weed, smoke smoke smoking weed with the president Getting high, getting higher than I ever been Smoking weed with the president, with the pres Smoking weed with the president, with the pres Smooking weed, smoke smoke smoking weed with the president Getting high, getting higher than the deficit [Verse 2] (Mr. EA, marijuana's illegal for public health reasons We don't want the American people Breathing that stuff in and smoking it Ain't nothing wrong with a little game day buzz But marijuana is a dangerous, useless gateway drug And you want me to legalize? So the kids can get it easier? Ha ha Well, what can I say Either that's something to laugh at Or bro, you're more of a jacka** than Kanye) A jacka**? Ok, how about we talk about this rationally Every 6 seconds a person dies from tobacco And every 13 from alcohol Guess how many died in the last ten thousand years from weed? None at all That's zip zero nada, no chance to overdose Not one case in history, and no, I am not blowing smoke Don't be a coward, just regulate and control it Take the power from the drug dealers who contaminate, sell it and own it See, they love the laws the way they are because they make millions When drug lords support your laws, it's time to amend them As for the kids, yeah, I'd agree except It's easier for kids to buy weed today than to buy beer or cigarettes Is that surprising? Think about it, Sir, how many drug dealers you know ask to see ID? And stop saying it's a gateway drug Something so strong that you can't break away from Big homie listen, quit being a politician Studies show it's non addictive And gateway theory is a lot of fiction A contradiction, and you can quote me for it You said marijuana was a ''useless'' drug? Hold up a moment Medical tests and evidence show it's proven to treat Glaucoma, cancer, asthma, multiple sclerosis It could do so much if it was legal But if it was legal a lot of pharmaceutical d** wouldn't be needed I did my research and it seems that (What? So what did you find out?) Big pharma gave you a millions of dollars So if weed became legal they would lose a lot of profit And you would lose funding So tell me Mr. Presidential Is it really public health or is it special interest? Are you worried about the kids, or the private businesses? Only a few years back, you was against lobbying and corporate robbery You campaigned for ''change'', well dammit, now demonstrate it in policy Cause if you really wanna stimulate the economy And mitigate the problems that emanate from poverty It's time to legalize this billion dollar commodity Harvard professor Jeffrey Myron estimated 9 billion dollars generated in taxes from regulation Plus another 11 will be saved from law enforcement resources and incarcerations That's 20 billion total every year You saying this country don't need that kind of paper? Put it towards environment, invest in education Infrastructure in conjunction with job creation Or maybe a combination, just stop laughing at this situation And give it serious consideration It ain't a joke, ain't nothing funny The country's broke and its people need money It's simple economics [Hook] [Verse 3] You did it, Bush did it Clinton did it, Lincoln did it And now you throw people in prison for this crime that ''we'' committed? Mr. President, if it's such a sin Then why don't you and the men I just named turn yourselves in? I beg your pardon See, I don't wanna hear that circular logic, we ain't in that oval office Let's be honest If you got caught with marijuana the day you smoked there wouldn't even be an Obama No Barack at that prestigious college of Harvard Getting his speeches polished with honors Cause today, you can't get a student loan if caught with one weed cigarette But you can have a rape conviction on your record and still get a check From the government, yo, what the f** is this? Do you not see injustice when It's people suffering sick dying of cancer Who's only relief is a plant proven to ease pain But, that will mean handcuffs That will mean being called a criminal That will mean thrown behind bars Pitiful, Mr. President this ain't political It's commonsensical Millions in prison for something that's never k**ed a single individual But you make deals with prescription drug advocates When just last year more Americans died from prescriptions in they cabinets Than h**n, terrorism, murder and traffic accidents combined Mr.President, open your eyes And see the blood on the wall These companies wouldn't care if the country was coming apart They sharks, they only care about how much it'll cost Ain't been a disease cured in 60 years Why? Cause a patient cured is a customer lost Well, I say enough is enough It's time for us to fix this It's time to get away from the pharmaceutical interests Forget about the stigma Forget the opinions of politicians Cause collective ignorance don't mean wisdom Forget about pandering to the system Cause when the system's wrong, Sir, it's your duty to go against it I urge you to re-read that 9th amendment And have courage and conviction and remember your commitment To the people, cause what if it was Malia? What if she needed a drug that was illegal to survive Would things change? Would they be a little different? Would policy remain, put yourself in that position And no, I'm not wishing that on you, just illustrating The consequences of this little plant situation Cause a lot of politicians hate it But I just broke it down, it's up to you to step up, Sir The time is now I say the time is now I hope you step up, Sir The time is now