Weedy Nelson on the Roach Again
Hip-hop has marijuana to thank for some of the best songs to ever come from the genre. Whether the weed actually shows upwards in the song or it was an inspiration in the studio, information technology's been the fuel behind some of rap'south greatest records. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are some of the most famous enthusiasts to put their dearest on wax, but fifty-fifty admitted not-smokers like 50 Cent can acknowledge the potency of a powerful weed anthem. Virtually songs about weed are based more on experience and production, but read beneath for some of our favorite rhymes about the herb.
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Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, "The Side by side Episode"
"Hey-ay-ay-ay/Smoke weed every day."
Simple, yet profound. Nate Dogg's a cappella sign-off from Dr. Dre'south 2001 banger "The Next Episode" is as iconic as weed lyrics get.
l Cent, "High All The Time"
"Every fourth dimension I roll up, due north-ggas holla 'Ringlet upwards!' And I tell 'em concur up, y'all ain't getting coin y'all ain't smoking/in my Benzo, 20 inch Lorenzo's, smoking on indo, high equally a motherfucker"
50 Cent admitted that he doesn't smoke or beverage, but this weed anthem is still a highlight from his classic Shady/Aftermath debut Become Rich Or Die Tryin'. And anyone can chronicle to folks who mooch on the weed without pitching in.
Bone Thugs-Due north-Harmony, "Weed Vocal"
"If everybody smoked a edgeless, relieve the heed, the world could exist a ameliorate place/if everybody took a break and we all just got wasted"
Bone Thugs-Due north-Harmony had plenty of weed songs during their prime period during the mid-90s, but this gem from their 2000 improvement album BTNHResurrection has rhymes similar this eloquent, unifying bar.
Method Man & Redman, "How High"
"Wait up in the heaven, it'south a bird, it's a plane/it'southward the Funk Doctor spot smoking Buddha on a train/how high? And so high so I can kiss the sky/how ill, so sick that you lot tin can suck my dick"
Redman and Method Man are two of the nigh affable, talented weed smokers in rap. "How High" was their first official song together, and later became a remix for their album Blackout! and a film starring both of them.
Pharcyde, "Pass The Pipe"
"The only itch I have is for the indo or sess/So don't pass me that mess/or even try to protest/that it's adding to the flavor, 'crusade the old i was fine/won't you pack the pipage and keep it moving down the line"
Later on turning down a edgeless because it has tobacco in information technology, he clarifies that the only matter he wants to fume is pure weed. "If I wanted to smoke tobacco, I'd get a skinny white bitch," he says a few lines before.
OutKast, "Crumblin' Erb"
"Jane is rolled upwardly, no gangs be throwed upward/but still Andre got activeness, they Sweat like Keith, all on my teeth"
OutKast's "Crumblin Erb," the classic weed anthem from their debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik is full of quotables, but Andre's opening verse perfectly sets up the residual of the song for he and Large Boi to wax poetic.
Devin The Dude, "Doobie Ashtray"
"What y'all gonna do when the people go home/and you lot wanna smoke weed, only the reefer'south all gone/and somebody had the nerve to take the herb/up out the doobie ashtray/why they do me that way?"
On this somber, DJ Premier-laced classic from his album But Tryin' ta Live, Devin The Dude laments when all of his weed — and the leftover roaches — have been snatched after he hosted a get-together at the crib. Aside from making a frustration anthem for weed smokers, Devin as well makes the vocal relatable for anyone who has always been down on their luck.
Styles P, "Good Times"
"I smoke similar a chimney/matter fact I smoke like a gun, when a killer run into his enemy/I fume like Bob Marley did, add to that that I fume like the hippies did, back in the 70s"
Knowing ane's history is essential, and on Styles P'due south striking single "Expert Times," he pays homage to the legendary weed smokers and movements that came before him. The song is equally perfect of a weed canticle as rap has ever seen.
Snoop Dogg, "Weed Iz Mine"
"I wake upward early on in the morning time and it feels so good/smoking on some shit that you wish you could/jealousy, envy, please don't feel bad/this weed is mine, get your own bag/a sack full of OG under lock and cardinal/none for the homies, this is all for me"
As i of the most iconic weed smokers in rap, information technology's piece of cake to imagine folks desperate to light upwards with Snoop Dogg. So it'southward gotta be nice for the Doggfather to peacefully puff trees on his own.
Wiz ?Khalifa & Snoop Dogg ft. Bruno Mars, "Immature, Wild and Free"
"Roll joints bigger than Rex Kong's fingers/ And smoke them hoes downward until they're stingers"
For a song this simple, this lyric is a damn good 1-liner.
Cypress Hill, "I Wanna Go High"
"Forwards motion make y'all sway like the ocean/the herb is more than just a powerful potion"
No list of weed raps would exist complete without Cypress Hill, and "I Wanna Get High" is 1 of their many timeless weed songs. Bonus points for the song appearing in Half Baked, the quintessential stoner flick.
Notorious B.I.G., "Big Poppa"
"Forget the television set, we'll just get to the crib/and scout a movie in the Jacuzzi, smoke L's while you do me"
One of Biggie's first hits was "Large Poppa," his laid back, radio-friendly heater produced by Easy Mo Bee. Biggie ends his second poesy with as perfect of a scenario every bit a guy could desire: relaxing with beautiful woman in a Jacuzzi with, of course, quality weed.
Redman, "How To Roll A Blunt"
"Purchase a Phillie/not the city of Philly, silly punk, I'm talking 'bout the shit called the Phillie blunt/lick the edgeless and then the Phillie blunt middle you separate/don't accept a razor blade, utilise your fuckin' fingertips"
On this classic from Whut? Thee Album, Redman gives a step-by-pace guide on how to roll the perfect blunt.
Kanye West ft. Nas and Really Doe, "Nosotros Major"
"I take a hit of that chronic, information technology got me stuck/but actually what's amazing is how I proceed blazing/towel under the door, smoke until the 24-hour interval's finish/puff puff and pass, don't fuck up rotation/Hpnotiq for Henny, now n-gga that's a attorney"
Kanye West "Nosotros Major" was a larger than life moment in rap for multiple reasons — Jay Z'southward protege recording a song with his rival Nas, and the extravagant production past Jon Brion. But Really Doe's hook nearly stole the testify with its perfect, triumphant homage to weed and liquor.
Nas, "It Ain't Hard To Tell"
"My mic check is life or decease, breathing a sniper's jiff/I exhale the yellowish smoke of Buddha through righteous steps"
Nas begins this Illmatic classic with rhymes about his skills on the mic, and by cleverly using slang for weed while alluding to the righteousness of one of the world's near renowned religious figures.
The Fugees, "Set Or Non"
"I play my enemies like a game of chess/where I rest/no stress, if you lot don't smoke sess/lest I confess, my destiny's manifest"
Lauryn Hill is largely considered equally the greatest woman rapper of all fourth dimension, and her verse on The Fugees' archetype "Ready Or Not" has her bars on full brandish.
ScHoolboy Q, "Hands On the Wheel"
"You sat me down, I'g still trying to go higher/you lot looked at me stupid when I twisted the fire/meanwhile my due north-gga boozer as fuck, a northward-gga fucked up, we all fucked up/you done fucked up, I brought more than blunts/fume back to upward, you due north-ggas know what's upward"
The claw is the coin on ScHoolboy Q'due south DUI anthem with A$AP Rocky "Hands On The Wheel," but his verses were only as enjoyable.
Run The Jewels, "Banana Clipper"
"Good pussy, good marijuana, that be my medicine"
Killer Mike is crystal articulate on his prescription.
Curren$y, "Razors & Chopsticks"
"Put the towel by the door, and cut the shower on/plough this corner suite into a habitation"
In another instructional rhyme, weed expert Curren$y advises how to enjoy skillful green in a hotel without getting caught up.
The Luniz, "I Got 5 On It"
"I got 5 on it, allow's become half on a sack"
"I Got 5 On It" is arguably the most notable weed song e'er, based on a simple dominion: everyone who pitches in gets to indulge.
Scarface, "Mary Jane"
"When you sad, depressed, and feeling strange – who you arraign/need some company to keep you lot sane – call her name/Mary Jane I dear you Mary Jane – exercise your thang/you're all I need to proceed me through this thang – truthful to game"
On Scarface'southward ode to marijuana, he explains how the herb has helped him cope with depression without the side effects of harsher drugs.
Wiz Khalifa "California"
"Even so rolling weed on my XXL/simply difference is that'southward me on the cover"
In a scrap of clever wordplay, Wiz Khalifa shouts out his large rolling papers while jubilant his budding rap career past actualization on the cover of XXL magazine.
Danny Brown, "Blunt After Blunt"
"Gone off a Xany, nodding off, watching Menace/Rolling off some purple that my n-gga phone call Grimace"
On this smoking session from his breakout album XXX, Danny Brown compares his purple weed to the blobbish character from old school McDonald's commercials — right after taking a Xanax while watching the archetype hood flick Menace II Social club.
Jay Z, "Feelin It"
"I'm so confused, OK I'm getting weeded now/I know I contradicted myself, wait, I don't need that at present"
In this line from the Reasonable Incertitude precious stone "Feelin It," Jay is stressing himself out while mulling over whether he should take his female parent's advice and leave the drug game, or keep to risk his life in the pursuit of more cash. Weed doesn't assist the controlling procedure, either.
Pharoahe Monch ft. Talib Kweli, "D.R.East.A.G."
"I used to smoke so much weed that it clouded my brain/took a break had to find life'due south meaning once more/without the smoke in my lungs I started dreaming again"
Even lyrics about leaving the greenish solitary can be powerful. Check Talib Kweli'southward verse on "D.R.E.A.M.," a song from Pharoahe Monch's 2014 album P.T.S.D.
Source: https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/best-rap-lyrics-weed-7662299/