(Obama) What's this?
Cruz drops out?
Bye, Felicia! (Laughter)
Oh, wait, that means we're stuck with Trump now.
(Scoffs) So ratchet.
Hey, what do you think Abe?
Me too. Hey, babe. You got to come see this.
Hey!
Who's there?
Joseph Robinette Biden, you better not be playing with the lights.
(Prince EA) Mr. President, I come to you on behalf of my generation, to talk to you about this little plant situation.
See a lot of politicians hate it, but I'ma break it down, and demonstrate to you why it's not as bad as they make it sound.
See you're the president that I believe can handle this. Heck , your campaign slogan was "Yes We Cannabis!"
(Obama) Hey hey hey, hey! (Prince EA) Just kidding, but seriously,
Let's examine this subject truthfully dog, look, see you tought-- (Obama) Make the bass up, bass.
constitutional law at Harvard, right?
In 96, well you should know the Declaration of Independence was drafted out of hemp.
So was the flag, so where the sails that pushed our ships on the path to the colonies. So was the fuel used for Henry Ford's Model T.
So, in a sense, you could say that pot has actually driven American History.
(Obama laughs) Please, it makes you lazy, and underachieved.
(Prince EA) But, how can that be when some of the most successful people smoked weed?
From Walt Disney to Milton Fried, from Stephen King to Steve Jobs, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
You get it? Steve Jobs? Apple? Trees? Jobs created the Apple computer, high off weed.
See, people believe that this plant is sinful.
But, let's go back in time and find out exactly where these beliefs came from.
Cause before the 1930's, you could blaze up, but after the 1930's, things changed up.
Cause that's when President Hoover commissioned a man named Harry J. Anslinger, as head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
His middle name is ironic, cause he was the man God tempted to demonize marijuana. Umm, I mean Cannabis Sativa.
See, the name 'marijuana' he created as propaganda for the people, to make it sound more dirty, and a little more evil.
He figured if he could scare the public enough, they would want it illegal.
He teamed up with newspapers, who had they own motivation. (Obama) Like what? (Prince EA) Google decorticator.
The newspapers printed fake stories about how every puff destroys your brain , makin' you crazy insane, prone to murder and rape.
They used race and then said again, that weed makes white women want to get pregnant by Negroes and immigrant Mexicans.
And based off of no research or investigation, Congress rubber-stamped that legislation.
And then poof, there was a law around it, so we accepted it and never thought about it, but, let's get smart about it.
Lies and greed are the real reasons that its illegal,and the reason you got that look on your face (What look?) when I talk about it.
(Obama) M-Mr. EA, marijuana is illegal, for public health reasons. We don't want the American people breathing that stuff in and smoking it.
Ain't nothing wrong with a little game day buzz, but marijuana is a dangerous, useless gateway drug.
And you want me to legalize? So the kids can get it easier?
(Laughs) Well, what can I say, either that's something to laugh at, or bro? You're more of a jackass than Kanye.
(Prince EA) A jackass? Ok, how about we talk about this rationally?
You see every 6 seconds a person dies from tobacco, and every 13 from alcohol! (Obama) Really?
(Prince EA) Guess how many died in the last 10,000 years from weed? (Obama) I know you're gonna tell me. (Prince EA) None at all.
A zip, zero, nada, no chance to overdose. Not one case in history, and no, I'm not blowin' smoke.
Don't be a coward, just regulate and control it, take the power from the drug dealers who contaminate, sell it and own it!
See, they love the laws how they are because they make millions.
When drug lords support your laws, it's time to amend them!
As for the kids, yeah I'd agree except- (Obama) Except what?
(Prince EA) It's easier for kids to buy weed than to buy beer or cigarettes! Is that surprising?
(Obama) Uhh, a little bit. (Prince EA) Think about it sir, how many drug dealers you know ask to see ID?
(Obama) Uhhh... (Prince EA) And stop sayin' it's a gateway drug! Somethin' so strong that you can't break away from!
Big homie, listen. Quit being a politician, studies show it's non-addictive and the gateway theory's a lot of fiction!
A contradiction and you can quote me on it, you said marijuana was a useless drug? Hold up a moment.
Medical tests and evidence show it's proven to treat glaucoma, cancer, asthma, multiple sclerosis.
It could do so much if it was legal, but if it was legal a lot of pharmaceutical drugs wouldn't be needed, I did my research, and it seems that-
(Obama) What? So what did you find out? (Prince EA) Big pharma gave you millions of dollars, so if weed became legal, they would lose a lot of profit, and you would lose funding.
So tell me Mr. Presidential, is it really public health or is it special interest?
Are you worried about the kids or the private businesses? Only a few years back you was against lobbying and corporate robbery.
You campaigned for "change", well dammit, now demonstrate it in policy!
(Obama on T.V.) The War on Drugs has been an utter failure, and I think that we need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws.
(Prince EA) If you really want to stimulate the economy, and mitigate the problems that emanate from poverty,
it's time to legalize this billion-dollar commodity.
Harvard professor Jeffrey Miron estimated, 9 billion dollars generated in taxes from regulation,
plus another 11 would be saved from law enforcement resources and incarceration.
That's 20 billion total every year, you sayin' this country don't need that kind of paper?
Put it toward environment, invest in education. Infrastructure in conjunction with job creation!
Or maybe a combination, just stop laughing at the situation, and give it serious consideration.
It ain't a joke ain't nothing funny, the country's broke and its people need money, it's simple economics.
Uh, listen. You did it, Bush did it, Clinton did it, Lincoln did it.
And now you throw people in prison for this crime that we committed?
Mr. President, if it's such a sin, then why don't you and the men i just named turn yourselves in? (Obama stutters)
(Prince EA scoffs) I beg your pardon? See, I don't wanna hear that circular logic! We ain't in that Oval Office!
Let's be honest, if you got caught with marijuana the day you smoked there wouldn't even be an Obama!
No Barack at that prestigious college of Harvard, getting his speeches polished with honors.
Cause today, you can't get a student loan if caught with one weed cigarette,
but you can have a rape conviction on your record and still get a check from the government.
Yo what the fuck is this?! Do you not see injustice when there's people suffering sick, dying of cancer,
whose only relief is a plant proven to ease pain, but that'll mean handcuffs?
That'll mean being called a criminal, that'll mean thrown behind bars, pitiful.
Mr. President, this ain't political, it's commonsensical, millions in prison for something that's never killed a single individual.
But you made deals with prescription drug advocates, when just last year,
more Americans died from prescriptions in they cabinets, than heroin, terrorism, murder and traffic accidents combined.
Mr.. President, open your eyes, and see the blood on the wall, these companies wouldn't care if the country was coming apart,
they sharks, they only care about how much it'll cost, ain't been a disease cured in 60 years.
Why? Because a patient cured is a customer lost. Well, I say enough is enough!
It's time for us to fix this! It's time to get away from the pharmaceutical interest!
Forget about the stigma, forget the opinions of politicians, cause collective ignorance don't mean wisdom!
Forget about pandering to the system, cause when the system's wrong sir, it's your duty to go against it.
I urge you to reread that 9th Amendment, and have courage and conviction and remember your commitment to the people.
Cause what if it was Malia? What if she needed a drug that was illegal, to survive?
Would things change, would they be a little different? Would policy remain, put yourself in that position!
And nah, I'm not wishing that on you, just illustrating, the consequences of this little plant situation.
Cause a lot of politicians hate it, but I just broke it down. It's to you to step up sir, the time is now.
Say the time is now. I hope you step up sir.
The time is now.
(Obama) There's still time!
(Sighs) Just a dream. (chuckles)
So believe it or not, before I wrote that song, I was anti marijuana.
I'm still not a big smoker, nor would I ever advocate people to smoke.
But after I did the honest research, it became clear that our marijuana laws were created on the basis of racism and corporate greed.
And these laws are more dangerous than marijuana itself. I wrote this song four years ago, and in the last four years, a lot of things have changed.
But marijuana still remains a Schedule 1 Drug, which means it is in the same classification as heroin,and labeled as having no medical benefit.
See, this message is not for Obama. It's for the people. Because only the people, when educated, can truly make change.
So please, share this video, and help spread awareness.
Peace, and Love.