In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Yeah, ya know, sometimes its kind of confusing to me,
All these people sitting on their high horses,
Looking down on us for smoking a plant or growing a plant.
Well I believe in natures laws, and I just wanna be free.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
I started smokin weed at the age of eighteen,
I moved out my house started writing rap beats.
I moved to Hollywood, we was up in the scene,
It was Dloc, Johnny Rich, and my home boy Steve.
We was, teenagers, yeah living a dream.
Lookin up to Daddy X, tryin' to do this rap thing.
Wrote the first couple songs it was "bump bump" we was "so high" gettin' blown off the skunk.
15's in the trunk down Melrose,
Bitches in the club, gettin' drunk spittin' flows.
Tryin' to get a record deal, we gettin' signed.
I was broke with no money, and that was back in 95.
I'm proud to smoke weed, and I'm proud of what we've done.
I'm proud of the kings, and I'm proud of everyone.
I'm proud my name is Dloc, no joke son,
And I'll be proud when I'm a dad, when I have a daughter or a son.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
Its those lazy days
And the hazy days and the days we get stoned for just days and days.
Its amazing when we get to live this way, like every day is a holiday.
At the harvest time, when the work is done.
And I celebrate by worshiping the earth and the sun
We always give thanks, for life and the gifts.
The higher you climb, its the higher you get.
You gotta disconnect, from all the pressure and stress.
The traffic, the smog and the pains of rent.
If that's real livin', its not for me,
I wanna be free, and live in peace, come on.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days
Another version of life lived, a different set of meanings
Another way of thinking, a different type of me.
A brand new religion, one that has never been rehearsed
But its cursed, and this curse could mean the end of this earth.
So many people worry about the troubles that they got at hand
To many simple solutions to restoring this land
And when its all said and done,
And were gonna tell our kids that we did the best we could,
But we know that we didn't.
Its gettin' crazy, summers hot, when its freezin'.
Huricans getting stronger tearin' up the southern regions.
Big fires taking lifes, its pure destruction.
Were at a fork in the road, time to choose the right junction.
Before theirs nothing left,
We need to stop this regression.
Get all the leaders of the world together in a session.
Only thing, if theirs a shot that if our kids would thrive in a world that is growin',
I just wanna survive.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
All these people sitting on their high horses,
Looking down on us for smoking a plant or growing a plant.
Well I believe in natures laws, and I just wanna be free.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
I started smokin weed at the age of eighteen,
I moved out my house started writing rap beats.
I moved to Hollywood, we was up in the scene,
It was Dloc, Johnny Rich, and my home boy Steve.
We was, teenagers, yeah living a dream.
Lookin up to Daddy X, tryin' to do this rap thing.
Wrote the first couple songs it was "bump bump" we was "so high" gettin' blown off the skunk.
15's in the trunk down Melrose,
Bitches in the club, gettin' drunk spittin' flows.
Tryin' to get a record deal, we gettin' signed.
I was broke with no money, and that was back in 95.
I'm proud to smoke weed, and I'm proud of what we've done.
I'm proud of the kings, and I'm proud of everyone.
I'm proud my name is Dloc, no joke son,
And I'll be proud when I'm a dad, when I have a daughter or a son.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
Its those lazy days
And the hazy days and the days we get stoned for just days and days.
Its amazing when we get to live this way, like every day is a holiday.
At the harvest time, when the work is done.
And I celebrate by worshiping the earth and the sun
We always give thanks, for life and the gifts.
The higher you climb, its the higher you get.
You gotta disconnect, from all the pressure and stress.
The traffic, the smog and the pains of rent.
If that's real livin', its not for me,
I wanna be free, and live in peace, come on.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days
Another version of life lived, a different set of meanings
Another way of thinking, a different type of me.
A brand new religion, one that has never been rehearsed
But its cursed, and this curse could mean the end of this earth.
So many people worry about the troubles that they got at hand
To many simple solutions to restoring this land
And when its all said and done,
And were gonna tell our kids that we did the best we could,
But we know that we didn't.
Its gettin' crazy, summers hot, when its freezin'.
Huricans getting stronger tearin' up the southern regions.
Big fires taking lifes, its pure destruction.
Were at a fork in the road, time to choose the right junction.
Before theirs nothing left,
We need to stop this regression.
Get all the leaders of the world together in a session.
Only thing, if theirs a shot that if our kids would thrive in a world that is growin',
I just wanna survive.
From the mountain tops, where the wind blows
To the green valleys down below.
Where the snow melts and the rivers flow
I just want to live my life.
Where the trees grow, and the air is clean.
Where nature's free do to her thing, everything is one if you know what I mean.
I just want to live my life.
I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner, I'm proud to be a stoner.
Yes I am, for the rest of my days.
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what? no comments? i love this song. kmk's spittin the truth in this. people look down on us just for smoking something that came from the earth.. basically saying everybody take a chill, enjoy the beauty in life, stop the hating, life is a bitch but suck it up and smoke some weed.
I love this song so much. It means a lot to me.
I am proud to be a stoner.
i second lysisalotlikevegas comment, this song is the truth. so many people look down on us for enjoying an herb that grows as a part of this earth. marijuana is such an natural thing. it has so many healing properties, the cannabis plant has hundreds of practical uses. it opens your mind, heals your soul, and lets you appreciate the beauty in the world. marijuana has done more for my depression and chronic pain then any medication ever has.
people drink alcohol without batting an eye, and millions of people have died and do die from alcohol related ailments, or of alcohol poisoning. nobody on this earth has ever died from smoking marijuana. ever. the government feeds us lies and we swallow them. it makes me so upset.
this song is beautiful and i wish more people could understand the way we see.
I'm proud to be a stoner
"Life's a bitch and then u die, so fuck the world and lets get high"
haha me and my bf's favorite quote.