Ghosty with Funk Vigilante - War On Drugs LIVE

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Official music video here:
https://youtu.be/gBc5IjH55eE

From the record: Freaky Be Funky by Ghosty Boy

War On Drugs Lyrics:

Said I've been thinking about the way
That the planet spins
And I've been thinking
About this fucked up world we live in

And I've been thinking about them
Locking up all these poor black thugs
And now I'm thinking its time to talk
About the war on drugs

Because the problem is
As it seems to be
Speaking strictly statistically
3 out of 4 drug offenders
Sent to prison are black
Now could you tell me, brother,
What the fuck is up with that?

And about 1 out of 5
Prisoners in the US are drug offenders
And at least half of those arrests
Are pot-smokers

Man I can't believe
They still lock people up
For smoking weed

Now tell me why the fuck
You'd want to throw
A harmless marijuana smoker
Into prison

Man, it's embarrassing
But I guess that's justice
In the land of the free

Because the war on drugs
Ain't nothing but a racket man
It keeps the poor kids poor
And it keeps the black kids down
It keeps the power corrupt
It keeps the pigs good and fat
And while the poor kids go to prison
The upper class is kicking back

We're taking it back now
To 1936
Does anybody remember refer madness?

Now get this:
Apparently weed is the reason
That white women get raped
By Satanic jazz musicians

But if think it's because
People were just stupid

back then
Well the fact is
The propaganda started a trend
That continues now
To this very day
Fear and racism

That's the way that they
Manipulate the public
Toward mass paranoia

Now let's fast forward to that
Special message Nixon signed
Back in 1969

And so the war on drugs was born
And billions of tax dollars blown
The prison population in the states explodes

Set those people free
They ain't criminals

Because the war on drugs
Ain't nothing but a racket man
It keeps the poor kids poor
And it keeps the black kids down
It keeps the power corrupt
It keeps the pigs good and fat
And while the poor kids go to prison
The upper class is kicking back
Just set them free

....awww shit...pass that....pass it right over....

Well it's all over now
Justice has prevailed
It looks like the War on Drugs has failed
Let's be real for a minute, man
What's the score?
Looks like there's more drugs now
Then there ever was before

So let's light that Victory joint up now
Take a hit brother
And pass it around

I said I dedicate the drugs I'm about to do
To the cops and the preachers
And the judges too

To the politicians and the CIA
To the baby boomers with one foot in the grave
Paranoid parents and the teachers too
Heads up, light it up
This blunts for you

So let's pop these pills
And drink this booze
Let's take these shots
And drop these shrooms
Let's hit these lines up just for fun
No, we don't stop
Until the party's done
And the sun comes up
And the guests are gone
Except that one dude
Passed out on the lawn

But we're winning the war
Its a brand new day

So fuck it, light up

It's time to celebrate

Filmed by Dale and Jon Baglo at Lucky Bar in Victoria, BC.
Video by Ghosty

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Relevance:

Video Credits

Filmed by: Dale Baglo
Edited by: Ghosty
Filmed by: Jon Baglo
Posted: May. 10, 2018 via artsvictoria.ca

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