***LYRICS***

~news clip about original proposed ban by DEA in September of 2016~

Verse 1
It all started last year with the dea
Gave us a 30 day notice, fore they take it away (thanks so much)
But what they didn’t really notice, we had something to say, okay?
You can’t mess with our kray, okay?
Cause it’s a beautiful plant
You can keep your pharmaceuticals, don’t do it like that
The natural way is better if it is a way you can take, so-don’t
Take away, the only way I escaped, you-know
I was on antidepressants for quite long
Add klonopin & adderal I’m gone
Suicidal thoughts, walking ticking time bomb
No emotion, going through the motions, like “I’m fine mom”
“But that’s a lie dawg, and you know it”
But you found a way to cope with the commotion I ain’t jokin
Kratom led you to a life where you can really truly hope that
Everything will be alright and everything will now be wholesome
...But it won’t be if it’s made illegal
And I know this means quite a whole lot, to a lot of people
Some life or death, some just a fighting chance
Mothers, fathers, veterans, they need you to understand
Deaths from opiates are 91 a day (every day)
And suicides are 30 more than that okay? (Okay okay?)
...So if it’s true that Kratom (this plant) makes us feel okay
Then, how can you, who doesn’t know our pain, try gettin in our way?

~dea ban reversal news clip~
~fda advisory news clip~

Chorus 1
No one’s ever died from kratom
Why you think you gotta save em?
I don’t think you even really know, know!
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke
Claiming deaths of 36
But they on many substances
A truth your own database will show, show!
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke

Verse 2
Not gonna lie, these justifications are insane
I’m talking to you, acting head of the FDA
Why don’t you listen to what the people have to say?
Millions of testimonies comin in everyday
And Scientific research here in the USA, for two decades-plus
(Shout out McCurdy!)
Centuries of safe-use, ov-er in Southeast Asia
Wait, what? That ain’t enough? then I don’t know what is
All I know is I won’t stop fighting until we finish this (limitless)
Kratom warriors rise up
The sky’s the, limit, when the path you walk’s righteous
So guys just... keep on speakin the truth
Cause no matter their play, we know there’s no way, that they’re getting through
...Never give up or surrender
That is a phrase to remember
It’s quite the endeavor that’s why we stay clever until some progress we can measure
They’re talking bs, that’s a fact
Like wmd’s / Iraq
It wouldn’t surprise me at all
If the next thing they said IS “THE EARTH🌏IT IS FLAT”

Chorus 2
No one’s ever died from kratom
Why you think you gotta save em?
I don’t think you even really know, know!

What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke

Claimin deaths of 44
Bet you'll add a couple more
Since you think you actually run the show, show!

What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke, what a joke
What a joke

~Washington DC 2016 protest "We Are Kratom" chant~

~Andrew Turner Quote (disabled veteran and host of "Nerds Take On The World" podcast ~