Weed Anthems:
Over the past years there have been many references to smoking marijuana. I remember in my earlier days the May Blitz song ‘smoking the day away’. This is a selection I?ve found with refeences to getting high or smoking. It’s amazing the variety of artists who seem to enjoy this relaxation.
“Because I Got High”
Afro Man
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “I was gonna clean my room until I got high/ I gonna get up and find the broom but then I got high/My room is still messed up and I know why (Yeah, hey!)/ Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high.”
“Dooo It!”
Miley Cyrus
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Loving what you sing/And loving smoking weed/Weed, weed, weed, weed”
“James Joint”
Rihanna
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “I’d rather be smoking weed/Whenever we breathe”
“How High”
Method Man and Redman
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane/ It’s the funk doctor spock smokin buddha on a train/ How high? So high that I can kiss the sky/ (Up, up to the sky!)”
“You Don’t Know How It Feels”
Tom Petty
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Let’s get to the point/ Let’s roll another joint/ And let’s head on down the road/ There’s somewhere I got to go.
“Roll Another Number (For the Road)”
Neil Young
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Think I’ll roll another number for the road, I feel able to get under any load/ Though my feet aren’t on the ground, I been standin’ on the sound/ Of some open-hearted people goin’ down.”
“Habits (Stay High)”
Tove Lo
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “I get home, I got the munchies/Binge on all my Twinkies/Throw up in the tub/Then I go to sleep”.
“Young, Wild & Free”
Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg ft. Bruno Mars
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Roll joints bigger than King Kong’s fingers/ And smoke them hoes down until they’re stingers. “
“Reefer Man”
Cab Calloway
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “If he trades you dimes for nickels/ And calls watermelon’s pickles/ Then you know/ You’re talkin’ to that reefer man”
“Addicted”
Amy Winehouse
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “When you smoke all my weed man/You gotta call the green man/So I can get mine and you get yours”
“We Be Burnin'”
Sean Paul
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Everyday we be burnin’ not concernin’ what nobody wanna say / We be earnin’ dollars turning ’cause we mind de pon we pay / More than gold and oil and diamonds – girls, we need dem everyday”
“Take A Toke”
C+C Music Factory
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “You ignite me and I’ll ignite you / And once all the sheets burn, baby / I’ve got some more bamboo / And when the smoke clears / Lady, still my eyes focus on you / Huff and puff some of my funk stuff / Prove my point that I am the joint”
“Weed With Willie”
Toby Keith
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Now we learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town/ He fired up a fat boy and he passed it around/ The last words that I spoke before they tucked me in/ I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again”
“Marijuana”
Kid Cudi
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Pre- pre- pretty green bud/ All in my blunt/ Ohhh I need it.”
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“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”
Bob Dylan
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “I would not feel so all alone/ Everybody must get stoned!”
“The Next Episode”
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and Nate Dogg
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Hey-ay-ay-ay! Smoke weed every day!”
“Pass The Kouchie”
The Mighty Diamonds
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Pass the kouchie pon the left hand side / Pass the kouchie pon the left hand side / It a go bun, it a go dung, Jah know”
“I Got 5 on It”
The Luniz
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “I’m gone, beatin my chest like King Kong / It’s on, wrap my lips around a 40 / And when it comes to get another stogie / Fools all kick in like Shinobi.”
“Sweet Leaf”
Black Sabbath
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “My life is free now, my life is clear/I love you sweet leaf, though you can’t hear.”
“Hits from the Bong”
Cypress Hill
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Still it, goes down smooth when I get a clean hit/ Of the skunky, funky, smelly green sh*t/ Sing my song, puff all night long/ As I take hits from the bong…”
“Smoke Two Joints”
Sublime
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “I smoke two joints a dime a piece, and two the time before / I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints / And then I smoke two more”
“Pass That Dutch”
Missy Elliott
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Pass that dutch, pass that dutch/Pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat”
“Legalize It”
Peter Tosh
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “Singers smoke it, and players of instrument too/Legalize it, yeah yeah, that’s the best thing you can do”
“Stay High”
Three 6 Mafia
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “What’s up Mary! Mary Jane!/Since I have met you, girl, you ruined my brain/You stole my heart, right from the start”
“Mary Jane”
Rick James
Most Smokin’ Lyric: “And when I’m feeling low, she comes as no surprise / Turns me on with her love, takes me to paradise.”
There are many more.
