It's been a long, long time I've been smoking, smoking marijuana It takes me out of my ghetto and places me in the Bahamas It's been a long, long time I've been smoking, smoking marijuana It takes me out of my ghetto and places me in the Bahamas It puts my mind at ease Indulging myself in the calm breeze And my problems will float away Beyond the palm trees But I gotta keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on I keep choking and a choking and a choking on I keep selling and a selling and inhaling My tumbleweed I like to go to Palm Dale, sit by the fountain I light up a fat one gazing at the snow capped mountains I like to go to Palm Dale, sit by the fountain Light up a fat one gazing at the snow capped mountains Baby please don't nag Go and get me the Zig Zag And my problems will blow away Like a plastic bag But I gotta keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on I keep choking and a choking and a choking on I keep selling and a selling and inhaling My tumbleweed I need to get a job and that's not funny 'Cause me be smoking too much ganja and me running out of money I've got to lie to the man, tell him that I've never been arrested I've got to go to the clinic baby, I've got to get drug tested I got no food for my stomach Got no gas for my Coupe De Ville I've got to walk to the supermarket For some golden seal 'Cuz everyday I be smoking and a smoking and a smoking on And I be choking and a choking and a choking on And I be selling and a selling and inhaling My tumbleweed, yeah I said the black man smoking If he's a slow bro I said the Mexican smoking If he's a cholo I said the Creole smoking Down in Mississippi I said the white man smoking If he's a hippie It puts my mind at ease Indulging myself in the calm breeze And my problems will float away Beyond the palm trees But I've got to keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on I keep choking and a choking and a choking on I keep selling and a selling and inhaling My tumbleweed, yeah It puts my mind at ease Indulging myself in the calm breeze And my problems will float away Beyond the palm trees But I've got to keep smoking and a smoking and a smoking on I keep choking and a choking and a choking on I keep selling and a selling and inhaling My tumbleweed, yeah My tumbleweed, yeah