Hee-hee!
Why she runnin’?
Why she runnin’, huh?!
[Whispered]
Why does cannabis… chase rice?
Nice… paper. (ooh!)
She was born in the earth, raised by the sun
Came to heal the people but the war begun
Locked her down for a bag and a flame,
Now they sellin’ her with a corporate name (shame!)
Jailed the farmer, praised the thief
Took the root but left the grief
But she's risin’ in the wind, she don’t fear no law —
She just wants her leaf! (Hee!)
They say she's trouble, but we see through
She's the truth they couldn't use
They banned the flower, but sold the pills —
What kind of justice kills? (ow!)
🌿 Nice paper! (Yeah!)
She rollin’ for the people, not the power game
🌾 She chasin’ rice…
From the rez to the block, to the VA flame!
Nice paper! (Whoo!)
Let the system know — this leaf got rights
Say it twice!
Light it up tonight — Nice paper!
She got history, she got pain
She got healing in her name
Ancient medicine denied
While they smoke behind the lie
They takin’ notes from Babylon,
Givin’ patents to Amazon
But if you spark it in the street
They put cuffs on your feet (no!)
Now the poor stay locked,
While the stocks go high
They say she’s free —
But that’s just a lie
🌿 Nice paper! (Hee!)
She don't hurt nobody, let her body speak
🌾 She chasin’ rice…
Not just to roll — but to be free!
(Yeah yeah!)
Nice paper!
No more time to wait, no second-class fate
Let her fly!
Give her back her sky — Nice paper!
🎶 De-cri-mi-na-lize her!
🎶 Ex-punge every case!
🎶 Section 8 don’t block her!
🎶 Cannabis got grace!
🎶 She fed the vets, she calmed the pain
🎶 She prayed through cellblock windowpanes
🎶 She ain’t the threat, she ain't the flame
🎶 She’s liberty with another name! (Hee! Shamone!)
There’s a mother in the south,
With a kid who shakes
She found the oil,
But she still gets raids
There’s a father in Detroit
With a record sealed
For a blunt in ‘99
While the weed is healed (hoo!)
Let the leaf be free
Let the people breathe
No more chains for peace
Time to turn the key (hee!)
🌿 Nice paper!
Roll it loud, roll it right, don’t hide her face
🌾 She chasin’ rice,
In the court, in the clinic, in every place
(Yeah!)
Nice paper!
This ain’t no crime, it’s a sacred trace
Lift the ban —
Let the whole world say — Nice paper!
🌿 Nice paper! (Whoo!)
Rollin' back injustice, leaf by leaf
🌾 She chasin’ rice,
Write her name on the wall of peace
(Hit me now!)
Nice paper!
Call the judge, call the mayor, call the flame
We won't stop —
Till they all proclaim — Nice paper!
Why does cannabis… chase rice?
She don’t chase… she leads.
She don’t burn… she breathes.
She don’t harm… she heals.
Nice… paper.
Hee… hee… shamone.
