Stems and Seeds Lyrics

I got fifteen years for stems and seeds

Less than an ounce and a half of ditchweed

When I got out, looked up to see

A billboard advertising free delivery

Now I ask you for justice

Because man, I'm disgusted

I can't get back that time, while the money men line

Their pockets with green

And my boy doesn't know me

When I went in he was just three

Now he's gone with the wind, might not see him again

He joined the Marines

I'm standing in line at the food bank

With a drag queen, a teacher, and a bald guy on crank

I can no longer vote and it's hard to get work

When I check that box I'm met with a smirk

Across the street in the shadows

Are some grow hos in Danskos

Complaining about the new price per pound

Their lifestyle's gone

But they've still got the Teslas

And no one's been arrested

They look right through me, pretend they don't see

And turn and walk on

There's nowhere to go, 'cause there's nowhere to rent

So I gather my clothes and pick up my tent

This damp air's a killer, it gets in my bones

And the cops and the tweakers won't leave me alone

And it's so hard to sleep well

In the morning I'll go sell

A pint of my blood, hope I don't get mugged

'Cause I don't have much fight

So I stay on the margins

And pray for a pardon

But there's thousands of us, our lives turning to rust

It's just not right

I hope you sleep well tonight