Just Say No: 10 Rappers With Anti-Weed Lyrics
Hip-hop and smoking weed go back like babies and pacifiers. And while you might have spent all yesterday (a.k.a. 4/20) burning blunts while bumping that Kush & Orange Juice, we're here the day after to give you a harsh reality check: not all rappers smoke trees. In fact, some of your favorite rappers—from Dr. Dre (yup!) to Lauryn Hill—have spit memorable lines denouncing marijuana that allllmost make us wanna give up the ganj. Don't believe us? Hear it from the horse's mouth in our history of rappers spitting anti-weed lyrics...
Rob Base on "It Takes Two"
RELEASED: 1988
LYRICAL ADVOCACY: "I won't fess, wear a bulletproof vest/Don't smoke buddha, can't stand cess, yes."
COMPLEX SAYS: This was loooong before Harlem would come to be known as the "home of the haze."
Boots Riley on "Pork And Beef"
RELEASED: 1988
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:
Dr. Dre on "Express Yourself"
RELEASED: 1988
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:The Chronic
Biz Markie on "Things Get A Little Easier"
RELEASED: 1989
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:
Wyclef on "Boof Baf"
RELEASED: 1994
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:Blunted On Reality
Lauryn Hill on "Ready or Not"
RELEASED: 1996
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:
Andre 3000 on "ATLiens"
RELEASED: 1996
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:You
Common on "Retrospect For Life"
RELEASED: 1997
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:
Eminem on "We All Die One Day"
RELEASED: 2003
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS:
Pharrell on "Can I Have It Like That"
RELEASED: 2006
LYRICAL ADVOCACY:
COMPLEX SAYS: