Are we all born free? I like to think so. I’ve been thinking
on this some today as it is the 62nd birthday of a dear friend of
mine currently incarcerated in a federal penitentiary for selling marijuana.
Marijuana is currently legal for medicinal purposes in 23 US states and legal
for recreational purposes (a.k.a. S’s and G’s) in four U.S. States and our
nation’s capital, Washington D.C.
http://mic.com/articles/126303/where-is-marijuana-legal-in-the-united-states-list-of-recreational-and-medicinal-states#.EUwsCrexb
Here’s wishing you all a giant freeness and fabulous 2016.
Make your Yuletide gay. How do ya spell “freeness”? Frenis?
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Originals – 15 “The Ballad
of Robin Lee”
Here is a song I wrote about a dear friend, whose birthday
it is today. #62. I believe. Hope to celebrate it with her some time soon. Here
are the lyrics, for anyone who wants to know more of the story. Happy Birthday.
This here number is a talkin’ blues. Hail Woody Guthrie and
the USA. Peace.
I just watched this video. I don’t always do that. It’s sad
and sounds resentful. I feel positively about everything. A positive attitude
is key. Our world has some prove to improve and I have faith things will. It’s
a story song. I just happen to know the person in the story. I love America.
Like everyone one of us, she has room to improve. I’d love to help.
The Ballad of Robin Lee
G
I had me a friend who was dealin’ weed
C
She drove it from sea to shining sea
G
Til she got pulled over in Missouri
D G
Now my friend
Robin is federal property
In the state of California where she grew up
Where marijuana’s medicine like Stanley is a Cup
They sell it in the stores up and down the street
For cancer and glaucoma, they say, it can’t be beat
So running prisons is where money’s made
Corporations buy and sell ya, you know they get paid
You be who you are, believe in what you believe
That was the mantra of ole Robin Lee
Now, Robin Lee is 58
In the hands of a judge lies her fragile fate
Her sentencing is late next week
I got lots a hope but it may be bleak
Yeah. what makes a felon in our land today
Murdering innocent people in a land far away?
Nope, that’s another place where profits lie
Where the rich get richer and the innocent die
So here’s to our hero bringing medicine
Across our nation, makin’ new friends
The hypocrisy is painful, she can’t see the light of day
They’ve locked Robin in a closet and the key is thrown away
So what’s the moral of the story in America now
You can’t do shit to make a living, you can’t even push a
plow
Cause most seeds
are illegal and the food that we eat
is genetically modified corn-fed meat
There’s a line that we are crossing Are we free to venture
back?
Yeah, maybe we are this morning. Where’s the bell for the
attack?
The silent revolution is occurring in our minds
Doing what we believe in even if it is a crime
That’s a lesson I learned from Robin Lee
My friend who’s rotting in a penitentiary
An incredible woman, an American seer
Helping people live like that’s the reason that we’re here
Yes, this is ballad of Robin Lee
A victim of the
madness that’s become our country
Where California’s medicine will get you locked away
How much longer ’til they lock you up for what you have to
say
I love you
Robin
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Covers – 15 “Good Guys” by
Robin Lee
This is a song by an incredible woman named Robin Lee. Robin
is wise and it is an honor and a thrill to share some of her wisdom. “Always
remember you’re a good guy and good guy is what you’ll always be.” – Robin Lee
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - BONUS – 15 “Good Guys” by
Robin Lee
Had so much fun doing this tune today, I decided to do it
twice. Then I figured, I’m not gonna have much use for this second one if you
don’t share it here today. So, “sharing is caring” prevails again. “And I’m
feelin’ good.” – Nina Simone
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