I think it probably started with the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song "4:20": Sit back and hold your breath, just let nature take effect A warm glow inside my bones The touch of velvet rubbed against my soul Thought of things you’ve always known Thought of things you’ve always known Break through and listen, to yourself To your self Let go perception - enter true reality I can see through my third eyes... Sit back and hold your breath, just let nature take effect A warm glow inside my bones The touch of velvet rubbed against my soul Thought of things you’ve always known Thought of things you’ve always known Break through and listen, to yourself To your self Let go of perception - enter true reality A sea of green will set us free Dank Expand my inner being Through what the earth provides I hear her voice calling The hour has arrived... Sit back and hold your breath, just let nature take effect A warm glow inside my bones The touch of velvet rubbed against my soul Thought of things you’ve always known Thought of things you’ve always known Break through and listen, to yourself To your self Let go of perception - enter true reality It’s 4 :20 It was featured on Six Feet Under. Then a band called the Kottonmouth Kings used it in a song called Planet Budtron: Life ain’t funny when you ain’t got no money And that clock strikes 4:20 and you wanna get high No bills get sent and you can’t pay the rent Everyday I get bent yo, so that I can get by On and ontaking rips from the bong Planet budtron, bso stay on Kottonmouth kings got them dope tracks 1605, yes they got my back I’m buckin your booze cause you smoke crack I get the munchies and I eat a greasy big mac Finding me smoked out ain’t unlikely That’s why my homies call me d to l-o-c You’ll catch me at a party deep in oc Representing that punk rock stylee When I’m on the mic I make the crowd move To escape reality I bust my own groove Ladies on the floor say you’re so smooth I wink my eyes in reply, they says real cool Life ladies wouldn’t understand me Sense coincide to be in anarchy? Skate in my hand cause I’m like that Bust a circle off the curb cause I’m real phat Life ain’t funny when you ain’t got no money And that clock strikes 4:20 and you wanna get high No bills get sent and you can’t pay the rent Everyday I get bent yo, so that I can get by On and on taking rips from the bong Planet budtron, bso stay on I’m d loc, go ape like shit Smoke bud with the king click Don’t trip, but addicted full throne Cant stop smokin that homegrown I got a fat blown acre out in riverside Hall brooke locals, the kings reside E loc, g mac, big hoss in the pen Bj, gweedo, and my boy efrem I go coocoo for cocoa, chocolate thai Smoke bud till I die, if you wonder why Stay high like a black fly And then I sigh, buzzin like a busy Biz-i bye bye bye bye Life ain’t funny when you ain’t got no money And that clock strikes 4:20 and you wanna get high No bills get sent and you can’t pay the rent Everyday I get bent yo, so that I can get by On and on taking rips from the bong Planet budtron,bso stay on Saint vicious pay attention let me educate I break tapper in the gut of this legislate Push em tap and I watch em slowly drain out Lies lies lies is what I’m talkin about Not old school like I’m used to Kottonmouth kings just broke through Psychedelic hip hop punk rock shit So back the hell up You get smacked in your lip Saint dog quit I’m from the old school I’m blockin half pipes here to skate to Launch rip rail slide slid it real smooth No skateboard but it was still cool Chorus This has been the kottonmouth kings Transmitting live from planet budtron With fellow b at the helm High at the argon house Bobby b Saint vicious D loc And I’m daddy Sayin work hard Play hard And skate hard Oh, and ah one more thing Check please Jonathan Highfield Associate Professor Department of English Rhode Island School of Design 2 College Street Providence, RI 02857