Music & Social Commentary: The 420th Day of the Year

Hey people today is one of the special days for my people. The wicked empire of Babylon tries to keep us down with their pointless wars on terror and drugs and failed wars on poverty. Revelations 22:2 discusses a special tree of life meant "for the healing of nations" some believe this magical substance might be the anorexia cure discussed herein, Below are some cool songs, a few might not have guitar that encode part of this subculture that failed arbitrary central planning has found squelching out impossible despite the lives and loot twisted up in their system. Did you know here in Murca they got nearly 1% of us behind bars, many for nonviolent conduct?

One famous song that deals with this sub culture is "The Joker " by Steve Miller Band, if you are autistic, or don't understand the jive for other reasons, a Toker is a marijuana smoker.

There are some cool Reggae tunes about dope "Bush Doctor" "Legalize It"

Bob Dylan has a good song "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" that discusses a way to enhance a rainy and even a sunshiny day.

Afroman has a couple tunes, but one reflects poorly on the subculture, but "Colt 45" is funny and discusses the cultural act that Howard Becker discussed in some of his in depth ethnographic research.

Afroman's "Because I Got High" is like a mild anti drug commercial,

Sometimes we need to scale back and not go too far as Brewer ans Shipley discuss in "One toke Over The Line"

Mermbers of this subculture use all sorts of code words such as the name of a woman "Mary Jane," but it might not be who one first thinks about depending on who you are.

Sometimes, people contemplate needing a break for one reason or another as Tom Petty discusses "Last Dance With Mary Jane"

New Wave like the Talking Heads also subscribed to these cultures, or at least endorsed them as discussed "Lifetime Piling Up"

Smoking dope can be good for just about anything except maybe torture, one might prefer to die, eat, watch stuff, paint, make music, get arrested or anything while high, but maybe torture would be worse. As Sublime covers in "Smoke Two Joints" you can smoke throughout a day or in a variety of situations.

Now Cypress Hill got big in with the culture having a number of hits about the chilled out lifestyle "Hit From the Bong" talks about one way to enhance a dome.

Another song from Cypress Hill talks about cultivation and other minutae in "Dr. Greenthumb"

Laughing grass can be great for traveling as Old Crow Medicine Show discusses in "Wagon Wheel"

Sometimes you gotta make sure you have an efficient burn and "Stir It Up" as Bob Marley might assert.

But sometimes it's best to get high "With A Little Help From My Friends" as Joe Cocker asserted,

If you ever find yourself in this subculture activities and find you need to remember which way the chalice go, remeber some instructions from your buds Musical Youth "Pass the Dutchie" (to the left)

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