The Grass Roots – Let’s Live for Today (KJ Song Rec)

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The Grass Roots – Let’s Live for Today
Album: Let’s Live for Today

The Grass Roots’ psychedelic rock sound lead to the creation of this 1967 summertime classic.

The Grass Roots had their first Top 10 hit in the summer of 1967 with “Let’s Live for Today”, an English-language cover version of “Piangi con me”, a 1966 hit for the Anglo-Italian quartet The Rokes. “Let’s Live for Today” sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.

The Grass Roots – Let’s Live for Today Lyrics

When..I think of all the worries
people seem to find.
And how they’re in a hurry
to complicate their mind.
By chasing after money.
and dream that can’t come true
I’m glad that we are different
we’ve better things to do
May others plan their future,
I’m busy lovin’ you..
.1-2-3-4
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
And don’t worry
’bout tomorrow,
hey, hey, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today

..We..were never meant to worry
the way that people do.
And I don’t need to hurry
as long as I’m with you.
We’ll take it nice and easy
and use my simple plan.
You’ll be my lovin’ woman
I’ll be your lovin’ man.
We’ll take
the most from living,
have pleasure while we can
..2-3-4
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
And don’t worry.
’bout tomorrow,
hey, hey, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Live for today

I need to feel you
inside of me
I got to feel you
deep inside of me
.please come close to me
.I got to have you now,
please, please, please
Gimme some-a lovin’
Gimme some-a lovin’
Gimme some-a lovin’
Gimme some-a lovin’
Baby gimme some a lovin’
Gimme some-a lovin,
I need all your lovin’
Gimme some-a lovin,
I need all your lovin’
Give me some love, now
I need all your lovin’
Sha la la la la la

Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
And don’t worry
’bout tomorrow,
hey, hey, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for toda
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la,
live for today
Live for today

Musicians Smoking Cannabis Photo Collection #1

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Essentially, marijuana can extend the range of our free-associative capacities. It increases the novel ways in which we find connections between ideas, and it also extends the range of ideas that we might somehow relate to one another.

While not surprising, it does offer a scientific validation for what so many artists, philosophers and scientists have been saying for ages: that marijuana is a cognitive catalyst that can trigger heightened free-associative creativity, increased pattern recognition, and insight. – @JasonSilva

The RZA (Wu Tang Clan)

 

Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

 

MF Doom

 

Aceyalone

 

John Lennon (The Beatles)

 

Biggie Smalls

 

Del the Funky Homosapien (Hieroglyphics)

 

J Dilla

 

Jim Morrison (The Doors)

 

Onra

 

Method Man (Wu Tang Clan)

 

B-Real (Cypress Hill)

 

Devin the Dude

Stephen Marley, Mos Def – Hey Baby (KJ Song Rec)

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Stephen Marley Ft. Mos Def – Hey Baby
Album: Mind Control

Stephen Marley features Mos Def in this reggae and hip hop fusion. “Hey Baby” provides the chill atmosphere that is usually accompanied by the ganja leaf and good times.

Stephen Marley – Hey Baby (Solo Version)

This solo version of the song has more of a mellow dub reggae feel.

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Gorillaz – Hillbilly Man (KJ Song Rec)

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Gorillaz – Hillbilly Man
Album: The Fall

The most appealing thing of the Gorillaz sound is how different and unique each track is. They have a bunch of hits that flip and combine genres into something new. Hillbilly Man starts off with a mellow and melodic guitar riff before transforming into a fresh trip hop beat.

 

John Lennon – Watching The Wheels, Acoustic (KJ Song Rec)

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John Lennon –  Watching The Wheels
Album: Double Fantasy

John Lennon enjoyed his time away from center stage so much that he wrote a song about it. Watching the Wheels was released in 1981 after Lennon’s murder. This song is a great reminder of the simple beauty that can be found in everyday life.

John Lennon –  Watching The Wheels Lyrics

People say I’m crazy doing what I’m doing
They give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I’m o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game

People say I’m lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
Tell them that I’m doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don’t you miss the big time boy you’re no longer on the ball

I’m just sitting here making the wheels run round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

People asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there’s no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind
I tell them there’s no hurry
I’m just sitting here doing time

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels run round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go…I just had to let it go

John Frusciante (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) – Murderers (KJ Song Rec)

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John Frusciante –  Murderers
Album: To Record Only Water for Ten Days

In his third solo effort, John Frusciante (Former Red Hot Chilli Pepper Guitarist) decided to explore elements of electronica, synthpop and New Wave. Frusciante felt deeply connected to the spiritual plane while making the album, creating a theme that deals mostly with philosophical and psychedelic concepts. 

Incubus – Summer Romance, Anti-Gravity Love Song (KJ Song Rec)

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Incubus is one of the premiere stoner rock bands. From hard rock to hip hop, funk metal to jazz; Incubus has its own special groove embedded within every song.

Incubus is a band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex “Dirk Lance” Katunich, and Gavin “DJ Lyfe” Koppell; both of whom were eventually replaced by bassist Ben Kenney and DJ Kilmore respectively.

Incubus has received both critical acclaim and commercial success, reaching multi-platinum sales, as well as releasing several highly successful singles.

The ninth track on S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is “Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)”. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. draws influence from diverse genres, including heavy metal, electro, funk, jazz, hip hop and techno.

Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Album Version

I’m home alone tonight.
Full moon illuminates my room, and sends my mind aflight.
I think I was dreaming up some thoughts that were seemingly possible, with you.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we’re alone.
Think I’ve found a way for you and I to finally fly free.

When we get there, we’re gonna fly so far away,
Making sure to laugh; while we experience anti-gravity.
Anti gravity. Anti Gravity

For years, I kept it to myself.
Now potentialities are bound, and living under my shelf.
Simply choose your destination from the diamond canopy, and we’ll be there.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we’re alone.
I may have found the way for you and I to finally be free

When we get there, we’re gonna fly so far away,
Making sure to laugh; while we experience anti-gravity.
Anti gravity. Anti Gravity

*Saxaphone Solo*

Anti gravity. Anti Gravity

Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) Acoustic Version

Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) Live from Mountain View 10/9/2011

Incubus still gots that good sound. The guitar solo instead of the saxophone is a sick switch up.

Wiz Khalifa – In The Cut (Song Rec)

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Wiz Khalifa –  In The Cut
Album: Kush & Orange Juice (Mixtape)

Before Wiz blew up with “Black and Yellow”, he was hard at work putting out mixtape tracks for his stoner fanbase. In The Cut is all about chilling and having a good time with your buds (tress and people).

“Wake up, bake up, gotta get my cake up”

Bambu, DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) – Smoke Starter (KJ Song Rec)

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Bambu, DJ Muggs –  Smoke Starter
Album: Los Angeles, Philippines (Mixtape)

Step your stoner IQ up with this DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill ) x Bambu created and certified jam off their mixtape collab.

Bambu, DJ Muggs – Los Angeles, Philippines Mixtape Release Party

Bambu and DJ Muggs had an in-store mixtape and product release party to drop their collab mixtape “Los Angeles, Philippines”. The event was a huge success, with a crowd that packed the shop and the products selling out before the end of Bambu’s performance.

Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information (KJ Song Rec)

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Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information
Album: Inspiration Information

In 1974, Shuggie Otis released “Inspiration Information”, his third and final album for Epic Records. All the songs were written and arranged by Otis himself, who played almost exclusively every musical instrument on the album (except for horns and various stringed instruments). However, despite its long-awaited impact, Inspiration Information had but one single (the title track) reach the Billboard Top 200.

“Inspiration Information” gained a huge cult following during the 1990s with the emergence of rare groove and acid jazz. It was lauded by such musical luminaries as Prince and Lenny Kravitz.

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The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (KJ Song Rec)

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The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
Album: A-Side Single of “Penny Lane”

“Strawberry Fields Forever” was inspired by Lennon’s memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named “Strawberry Field” near his childhood home. It is one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and has been covered by many artists.

I was different all my life. The second verse goes, ‘No one I think is in my tree.’ Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius—’I mean it must be high or low‘ “, and explaining that the song was “psycho-analysis set to music – John Lennon

The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (Cartoon Version)

The Grouch & Eligh – Lake Release (KJ Song Rec)

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We can lose focus when our thoughts are filled with too much clutter, fortunately cannabis is here to help us relax and release from the noise.

[Chorus: Eligh]
When G & E is in the flesh we fresh with style’s, give it to the crowds,
Sing it out loud, put your palm to the gods if you sick of facades,
And you wanna go down to the lake for a break,
Take this journey don’t be scared, be prepared,
For the light that shines from the top of the spine,
Not the mind to the mouth, creativity release

[Eligh:]
Sittin’ by the lake, skippin stones, rippin’ poems, thinkin’ bout what I gotta do next,
For the moment trynna get my Chi in a zone, all alone on the park bench, reading through texts.
Hard to get my shit together when the brains, forever on go.
Green light, let it all flow, let em’ all know… elbow to the gut when I’m on flow. Ho
Sittin’ by the lake, and inspire me, fire me up, cause I’m bored on the back of a pick-up truck.
Trynna pick up luck like a passerby, when everything I need to survive is in side the ride of a lifetime,
Bring on, to bring on the ultimate goal, God holds my soul.
Like a pot of Gold, when the Pot gets old, I stop drop and roll,
To the next pleateu, that’s a couple of thoughts that pass me,
Like traffic on the 101, reflection, eternal, especially… by the lake, that’s one.

[Chorus:]
When G & E is in the flesh we fresh with style’s, give it to the crowds,
Sing it out loud, put your palm to the gods if you sick of facades,
And you wanna go down to the lake for a break,
Take this journey don’t be scared, be prepared,
For the light that shines from the top of the spine,
Not the mind to the mouth, creativity release

[The Grouch:]
When the world is heavy on my shoulders, I can’t get a grip (grip).
I take a break, go to the lake, there I can skinny dip (dip).
Watch me skip a rock across the greatest body of water (water),
In it I see no limit, just reflections make me hollar (hollar) (yeauh),
I’m a Baller, I got balls (balls), I rest em’ at the lake edge.
Mother Earth supports my stress, cause people often fake it (fake it).
Splash I make it last until the sun can’t even take it (take it)
Have a conversation with crickets, cause I’m sick… when I kick it (kick it).

[Chorus:]
When G & E is in the flesh we fresh with style’s, give it to the crowds,
Sing it out loud, put your palm to the gods if you sick of facades,
And you wanna go down to the lake for a break,
Take this journey don’t be scared, be prepared,
For the light that shines from the top of the spine,
Not the mind to the mouth, creativity release…

Release Release Release… Release Release Release,
Release Release Release Release Release Release Release…
Release Release Release… Release Release Release… Release Release Release,
Release… Release…
Release Release Release… Release Release Release,
Release Release Release Release Release Release Release…
Release Release Release Release… Release… Release…
Release Release Release… Release.

[Chorus:]
When G & E is in the flesh we fresh with style’s, give it to the crowds,
Sing it out loud, put your palm to the gods if you sick of facades,
And you wanna go down to the lake for a break,
Take this journey don’t be scared, be prepared,
For the light that shines from the top of the spine,
Not the mind to the mouth, creativity release…