[Verse 1]
I been lookin’ at the rules, man, they don’t make sense
One bottle breaks a home, one smoke gets fenced
Mama cried by the sink, daddy lost his way
But the law stay calm when the liquor get paid
Corner store glowin’, shelves full of pain
Kids see a bottle first, but they police the flame
Tell me how one plant gets hunted and chased
While the hard stuff smile from a licensed place
I’m not here to preach, I’m just callin’ what I see
Every block got a story, every story got a plea
Why you lock the seed up, let the poison walk free?
That’s a deep kind of hurt, and it’s heavy on me
[Pre-Chorus]
Make it make sense
Make it make sense
If it breaks more lives
Why the green gets sense?
[Chorus]
Why the green get blamed?
Why the bottle stay safe?
Why the green get blamed?
When the bottle takes faith
(why the green?)
(why the bottle?)
Why the green get blamed?
Tell me, why the green get blamed?
[Verse 2]
I seen uncles in the ER with the same old stare
Seen rent money vanish in a weekend glare
Seen fights at the table, seen tears on tile
Seen promises bend when the party went wild
And still it’s wrapped in gold on a billboard sign
Like a clean little demon with a legal shine
Then they point at the herb like it stole the night
Like it’s the root of the rot, like it’s wrong by sight
But the real damage don’t care what you call it, no
It’ll take your wages, your peace, your soul
So I ask in the dark when the truth gets loud
Why punish the leaf while you crown the crowd?
[Bridge]
I’m sad, I’m mad, I’m tired of the spin
Tired of the graves and the grin they put in
If the harm is the harm, let the people decide
Don’t dress up the wound and call it pride
[Chorus]
Why the green get blamed?
Why the bottle stay safe?
Why the green get blamed?
When the bottle takes faith
(why the green?)
(why the bottle?)
Why the green get blamed?
Tell me, why the green get blamed?