DESCRIPTION:
Update of a roots classic, with positive & relevant lyrics, feat. legendary dancehall riddims.
Also feat. the vocals of Extra Cheese,Nappy G, & the 1 and only Zelly Rock, a Portland,Oregon-based reggae/hiphop hero who's currently incarcerated (along w/his lovely Queen, Gina Pascua) on some non-violent weed charges. We recorded this a couple of years ago, & decided to update it as a tribute to our dear friends & to all those who suffer from this tragic & needless Drug War. END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION NATIONWIDE NOW! Happy 420! (*This song is strictly promotional,we do not own the publishing/copyrights to the riddims or to the original song from the late, great Mr. Peter Tosh. But we respect them to the Maximum! And give thanks for them!)

[LYRICS]

Legalize it!
& don't criticize it!
Legalize it!
(yeah, yeah)
and I will advertise it

VERSE 1 (Extra Cheese)
Legalize the herb,
To continue to resist the passage of this necessary legislation
is wholly absurd! Word...
Leads to deeds,leads to "Free the Weed".
Legalize the herb...
Call it medical, or recreational, or economical, or ecumenical
Any way ya take it, how can't ya be amenable?
It's tenable, it's sensible, it's intentional.
We ain't cannibals!
We don't wanna eat your babies
We're just animals & this is a plant
We're all animals & this is a plant
We're all animals & this is a plant
It's just a plant
It's just a plant
It's just a plant

VERSE 2 (Zelly Rock)
'Cuz Mary, all I wanna do with you is twist a few
I know You know the outcome
Ask Malcolm (ooo-weee!)
About the autographic, automatic, symbiotic
Feelings of passion
When I'm smashing!
(We so) Tired fi smoke weed inna backyard
We wan fi come out in the open
Tired fi lick weed in a gulley
We wan fi smoke chalice in a courtyard
And we walkin to & fro,
in the outside even though
I need my freedom to burn when I please
So PLEASE! Babylon fi legalize the trees
Let them breathe!
Me say,so PLEASE!
Stop the pressure 'pon all of the weed
Babylon 'a-tease
Protein fiber,
'Dis hère one will make you wiser
Jerry-rig a ballast
& light like McGyver
Fi feel di fire,feel the flames 'a get higher
But you can't see mi smoke
because mi lick di vaporizer!
Kaiser-medicated, dedicated soldiers
'pon di Arizer
Ragamauffin
Paizer & di man called Elijah
Burn a bigga spliff & burn out Al Qaeda
Propanganda,we believe them
Neither or neither!
So PLEASE!
Babylon have fi legalize the trees
Let them breathe!
Me say,so PLEASE!
Stop the pressure 'pon all of the weed
Babylon 'a-tease
FREEZE!
Heyyy!
Diggi-dong-dong-dong oyyyyy!
Babylon fi make dem freeze
& Dem get pom dem knees...
E-e-ease!
CHORUS
Legalize it!
& don't criticize it!
Legalize it!
(yeah, yeah)
and I will advertise it

VERSE 3 (Nappy G)
Dr-dr-dr-dr-dr-drug definition
Connected to addicion
Switchin habituation in your mental situation
So alcohol, tobacco & caffeine are Drugs,
But if I smoke some ganja,
Then they call me a Thug!
It's hard for them to handle us,
The People smoking cannabis,
We got no tolerance for all the blind followers,
The screamers, the hollerers,
Y'all need some knowledge,
'Cuz Nappy G, Zelly Rock & Extra Cheese
Bring the legalese!
(Extra Cheese)
I just wanna get high,
Why I gotta get my doctor's permission to fly?
(Zelly Rock)
And you can get popped in 1 state,
& miss your court date
And be medicated-up in another
& still be goin through some bullshit-ass red tape
(Extra Cheese)
Why not work your farm,
Instead of pharmacies?
Reduce harm & co-exist in harmony
(Zelly Rock)
In this economy I AM a pharmacy,
It's like the book of Deuteronomy,
Epiphany!
I'm having Weed Fantasies!
CHORUS
Legalize it!
& don't criticize it!
Legalize it!
(yeah, yeah)
and I will advertise it!

This is the 1st release from the upcoming Extra Cheese EP, "Free Cheese",which will be available here: "http://mcextracheese.bandcamp.com"
Dancehall Riddims used in this remix:
BAM BAM (Sly & Robbie)-"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAuVpOi6-M4"
PUNANY (Steelie & Clevie)-"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSKnpC6qfo"
STALAG (Winston Riley)-"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1kmHIYv2Y"
HEY BABY (Stephen Marley)-"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwiLzNupavs"

Directed by: Nappy G & Extra Cheese
Director of Photography: Doc Slim Fuller
Editor: Nappy G