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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.

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

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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.

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