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Let's Legalize It

from BORN A GENIUS by John Pippus

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The "war" on drugs is killing people and ruining lives. If heroin was free would YOU use it? Not likely. But if drugs were regulated, the criminal component would be cancelled out. Also, impure (deadly) batches would not cause accidental overdoses. LLI is dedicated to Ross Haynes. "He was a good kid / But he got killed."

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There’s a hole in my life a needle can’t fill
The first cigarette and a blue and white pill
My kids don’t know me
I think it’s a shame
But I’m back in the alley
Doing it again

Let’s legalize it all around the world
No drug lord profits
No overdose
Armful of poison, for the price of a shot
You don’t want it now
That’s not going to stop

I kicked it once I can kick it again
I got nothing to live for but I remember when
I had ambition
A plan to survive
I got nothing to live for
But I don’t want to die

Let’s legalize it…

I went to a funeral for a kid named Ross
He took too much, he paid the cost
If he knew what he was doing
He’d be here still
He was a good kid
But he got killed

Let's legalize it...

Let’s regulate it, FDA approved
We can tax it, there's nothing to lose
Armful of poison, for the price of a shot
You don’t want it now
That’s not going to stop

Let’s undermine it
Let's regulate it
Let's talk about it
Let's neutralize it
Let’s legalize it


© 2006 John Pippus / Pamela Searle

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from BORN A GENIUS, released September 15, 2010
3) Let’s Legalize It 4:06
John Pippus: Guitar and lead vocal
Adam Bailie: Programming
Ronii Wata: Featured vocal
Reid Hendry: Bass

© 2010 John Pippus (SOCAN) and Pamela Searle (SOCAN)

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