The Voices of the Dead
Nimbin Cemetery, Australia, 8am Sunday 19 May 2019
I went to visit the dead today
At the cemetery and listen to what they had to say
“We are the dead and the victims of laws
And injustice the ones that died from your wars
People keep dying please change this condition
Of your injustice system called drug prohibition
There were mothers and fathers and young people we grieve
He died from FLACA at 23, one New Years Eve
Writhing and screaming he was overheating
Boom Boom Boom of the Doof then his heart just stopped beating
A whole family but the baby died in a smash
Of an alcoholic driver who had a car crash
The beaten and murdered children and wives
When pissed dad arrived home who feared for their lives
Let’s not forget those who died from cancer
Who couldn’t access cannabis as a life enhancer
Prohibition of drugs is social abuse
Locking up people for recreational use
Did you hear about how young Jake Monaghan died?
ODed from the drugs his mother supplied
Prohibition of drugs is an outdated law
That criminalises the socially vulnerable, sick, black and poor
Police become dealers and deal drugs
To justify their jobs and do deals with thugs
Selling black market heroine, cocaine and ice
To keep prisons full and meet KPI’s
Racially profiling the coloured and poor
Died in the lock up, crushed behind a cell door
As I sit here I am looking down at the ground
Where I performed CPR on a young man who drowned
Choked on his vomit we tried but he died
I met his mum dad and siblings and we all cried
Today I went to honour the dead
At Nimbin Cemetery and this is what I said
Dead spirits I’d love it if you would help me
Harm Minimise, End Prohibition and make Cannabis Free
If I was a teacher I would give you a fail
For your punitive justice system and the way that you jail
The sick, poor and black recreational users
When it is clear to all that the system abuses
Drug prohibition doesn’t stop demand for drugs
Just puts it in the hands of criminals and thugs
The cost of prohibition is millions each year
To imprison the harmless and put people in fear
Harm minimisation is good for your health
Sharing and caring and rehabilitate yourself
I went to the cemetery and listened to the dead
End Prohibitions their spirits all said
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