The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
The war on drugs is a war on me and if its not then let me be home of the brave
Land of the free Its just a plant so let freedom ring
I'm sick of these snitches droppin dimes on my block to my small sack slangers
To my indoor crops or our cash money business or my late night stops or
Anything about this old school pimp called pops
Yeah! Shit fuck Piss
I can't stand the cops they're always on my dick trying to snatch my crops but
They'll never gonna get 'em cause givem to my pops then I fail out of town in
My matha fucking dodge
You can't catch me so please stop trying there's no denyin that the cops are
Lie'en
Not me because I not you can't relate when I look you in the face I can tell
That you're a fake. Ha! Ha! Ha
Zero Tolerance I got zero tolerance
Just because you're a you fat wanna be stinky ass matha fucka
Tryin to get my shit but you can't you suck get the hell out my face?
Cause your breath stinks bad your badge is dirty you cricked as fag
I'm here to free all the people that are livin in fear
The modern day Paul Revere, Just lend me your ear
Cause they're comin, in fact they're already right here
You know how much they spent in the war on drugs simply last year?
Eleven-Billion Dollars straight down the drain
The war on drugs has cost a lot, you shouldn't worry about me, or my bag of pot
Not hurtin' nobody, not polluting the youth
Not sellin no lies, I'm only giving out truth
Try to tell me what to do, I won't listen to you
I'll smoke weed till I die, out of joints, pipes, tubes
Well I'm rymin and I'm stealin - dealin time after time - rhyme patterns
Designed to enlighten your mind - legalize the word freedom till the plants not
A crime and when the plants not a crime we'll all be livin divine zero tolerance
Is ignorance we're drawin the line
Zero Tolerance the war on drugs is a waste of time how could a plant be a
Crime- you got the bombs to kill off our kind- Arrest and seize we get jailed
Fucked-w/-Find - free the plant
Zero Tolerance I got zero tolerance
Land of the free Its just a plant so let freedom ring
I'm sick of these snitches droppin dimes on my block to my small sack slangers
To my indoor crops or our cash money business or my late night stops or
Anything about this old school pimp called pops
Yeah! Shit fuck Piss
I can't stand the cops they're always on my dick trying to snatch my crops but
They'll never gonna get 'em cause givem to my pops then I fail out of town in
My matha fucking dodge
You can't catch me so please stop trying there's no denyin that the cops are
Lie'en
Not me because I not you can't relate when I look you in the face I can tell
That you're a fake. Ha! Ha! Ha
Zero Tolerance I got zero tolerance
Just because you're a you fat wanna be stinky ass matha fucka
Tryin to get my shit but you can't you suck get the hell out my face?
Cause your breath stinks bad your badge is dirty you cricked as fag
I'm here to free all the people that are livin in fear
The modern day Paul Revere, Just lend me your ear
Cause they're comin, in fact they're already right here
You know how much they spent in the war on drugs simply last year?
Eleven-Billion Dollars straight down the drain
The war on drugs has cost a lot, you shouldn't worry about me, or my bag of pot
Not hurtin' nobody, not polluting the youth
Not sellin no lies, I'm only giving out truth
Try to tell me what to do, I won't listen to you
I'll smoke weed till I die, out of joints, pipes, tubes
Well I'm rymin and I'm stealin - dealin time after time - rhyme patterns
Designed to enlighten your mind - legalize the word freedom till the plants not
A crime and when the plants not a crime we'll all be livin divine zero tolerance
Is ignorance we're drawin the line
Zero Tolerance the war on drugs is a waste of time how could a plant be a
Crime- you got the bombs to kill off our kind- Arrest and seize we get jailed
Fucked-w/-Find - free the plant
Zero Tolerance I got zero tolerance
Lyrics submitted by kmk_natasha
Zero Tolerance Lyrics as written by Donald Dennis Melbourne Miller
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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