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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Afroman
Vocals
Jimmy Cliff
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joseph Foreman
Songwriter
Jimmy Cliff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Loppy Octopus
Producer
Joseph Foreman
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Damn, how long it's gonna take you to roll the joint Cuz?
(I just, I just got the bag)
You over there acting like, you playing the piano or something Cuz
(I just, I just got the bag homie)
(Know what I'm saying? Chill the fuck out)
Yeah, let me hit this homeboy
[Verse 2]
La da da da da
Shoop shoop shoobie doo wa
Yeah, it looks lovely
Hey, where the light loc?
(Right here)
Give it here man, stop bullshitting
[Verse 3]
I love you baby
Ah yeah man
I love you honey
Yes I do
Do it to me girl uh
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
For sure
Yeah
[Verse 4]
It's been a long long time I've been smoking
Smoking marijuana
La da da da da
It takes me out of my mental ghetto and places me in the Bahamas
It's been a long long time I've been smoking
Smoking marijuana
La da da da da
It takes me out of my mental ghetto and places me in the Bahamas
[Verse 5]
Ooh
It put's my mind at ease
Indulging myself in the calm breeze
And my problems will float away
Beyond the palm trees
[Verse 6]
But I gotta keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on
I keep choking and a choking and a choking on
I keep selling and a selling and inhaling
My tumbleweed
[Verse 7]
I like to go to Palmdale
Yeah
Sit by the fountain
(Sit by the fountain)
I light up a fat one gazing at the snow capped mountains
Come again now, uh
[Verse 8]
I like to go to Palmdale
Sit by the fountain
(Sit by the fountain)
I light up a fat one gazing at the snow capped mountains
[Verse 9]
Baby please don't nag
Go and get me the zig zag
And my problems will blow away
Like a plastic bag
[Verse 10]
But I gotta keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on
I keep choking and a choking and a choking on
I keep selling and a selling and inhaling
My tumbleweed
[Verse 11]
I need to get a job
And that's not funny
La da da da da
'Cause me be smoking too much ganja
Yeah
And they running out of money
[Verse 12]
I gotta lie to the man
Tell him that I never been arrested
(So you have never been to jail)
I gotta go to the clinic baby
I gotta get drug tested
Oh no
[Verse 13]
I got no food for my stomach
Got no gas for my Coup de Ville
I gotta walk to the supermarket for some goldenseal
'Cause every day I be
[Verse 14]
Smoking and a smoking and a smoking on
And I be choking and a choking and a choking on
And I be selling and a selling and inhaling
My tumbleweed, yeah
[Verse 15]
Oh oh
Ooh yeah
Uh
[Verse 16]
I said the black man smoking
Black man smoking
If he's a soul bro
(Hey man, what's happening?)
[Verse 17]
I said the Mexican's smoking
Mexican smoking
If he's a cholo
(Where you from Esse?)
[Verse 18]
I said the Creole smoking
Creole smoking
Down in Mississippi
(Fuck Creoles)
[Verse 19]
I said the white man smoking
White man smoking
If he's a hippie
(Where the bud man?)
[Verse 20]
It puts my mind at ease
(Puts my mind at ease)
Indulging myself in the calm breeze
And my problems will float away
(Where?)
Beyond the palm trees
[Verse 21]
But I gotta keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on
I keep choking and a choking and a choking on
I keep selling and a selling and inhaling
My tumbleweed, yeah
[Verse 22]
Right about now
Oh
I'm gonna dedicate this to everybody
Oh yeah
That went to Palmdale high school with me
Check this shit out Cuz
[Verse 23]
Uh
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
Doobie doo wa
[Verse 24]
I said Joey Jo has an afro
(Doobie doo wa)
(Doobie doo wa)
Sing something with soul chilling ice cold
(Doobie doo wa)
(Doobie doo wa)
Jerry with the high top fade
(Doobie doo wa)
(Doobie doo wa)
(Hey man, take me back to the bridge, we up outta here man)
Left Palmdale but he still getting paid
[Verse 25]
It put's my mind at ease
(Puts my mind at ease)
Indulging myself in the calm breeze
And my problems will float away
Beyond the palm trees
(Whatcha gotta do?)
[Verse 26]
But I gotta keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on
I keep choking and a choking and a choking on
I keep selling and a selling and inhaling
My tumbleweed, yeah
[Verse 27]
Oh uh
Oh yeah
My tumbleweed, yeah
Written by: Jimmy Cliff, Joseph Foreman