[Verse 1] We're the folks on drugs The people are on drugs We are the people That's us [Verse 2] We're the folks on drugs We are the people Medication is a drug In a classy container Medication can come In a glassy container [Verse 3] We're the folks on drugs We're the folks on drugs Medication Some people call it medication [Verse 4] What do you call your meds What do you call your meds Do you call them drugs And do you call your doctor a drug dealer Or if you want to be more accurate You might call your pharmacist Truly the drug dealer [Verse 5] We're the folks on drugs We are the people The people are on medications And medications are drugs [Verse 6] Tell me what's the difference Between a doctor in a white lab coat And a witch doctor in Africa Tell me what's the difference Tell me what's the difference Between a doctor in a white lab coat And a shaman in Central Asia Tell me what's the difference It's not hard to see That there's a difference Between Doctors in America And the so-called Western world And Medical practitioners in China Medical practitioners in India Which is not to say they don't use Western medication in China or India They do But they have Old traditions And these old traditions are herbal These old traditions are spiritual These old traditions are passed down and ancient [Verse 7] We're the folks on drugs Check our expiration dates We're the folks on drugs Can't live without them We're the folks on drugs We're the folks on drugs What are your drugs made out of Some people say petroleum We're the folks on drugs We're the folks on drugs We are the people And we're highly medicated We're the American people We're the folks on drugs We take all kinds of stuff To lower our cholesterol To lower our blood pressure To lower our blood sugar Et cetera et cetera et cetera To alleviate pain To alleviate pain To lessen anxiety To lessen depression [Verse 8] We're the folks on drugs Some are on antipsychotics But tell me what do you call LSD What do you call A medicine Is it a medicine If it induces Temporary psychosis [Verse 9] We're the folks on drugs America smokes a lot of pot Some people call it weed Some call it marijuana We're the folks on drugs In the 80s we liked cocaine In the 70s heroin And now we like prescription pills [Verse 10] We're the folks on drugs We're the folks on opioids And benzodiazepines We're the folks on drugs And some of them are psychoactive Some of them are psychotropic We're the folks
