784 – Steppenwolf – The pusher (1968)

Escrita por Hoyt Axton, foi gravada no outono de 1967 e lançada em 1968 em um compacto que tinha Your wall's too high como Lado B. Ela ganhou notoriedade quando apareceu no filme Easy Rider, de 1969. A letra fala da diferença entre um vendedor de drogas leves e um vendedor de drogas pesadas.

Foi regravada pelo próprio Hoyt Axton em 1971, por Nina Simone em 1974, pelo Blind Melon em 1996, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You know I've smoked a lot of grass
O'Lord, I've popped a lot of pills
But I mever touched nothin'
That my spirit could kill
You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round
With tombstones in their eyes
But the pusher don't care
Ah, if you live or if you die

God damn, the pusher
God damn, I say the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man

You know the dealer, the dealer is a man
With the love grass in his hand
Oh but the pusher is a monster
Good God, he's not a natural man
The dealer for a nickel
Lord, will sell you lots of sweet dreams
Ah, but the pusher ruin your body
Lord, he'll leave your, he'll leave your mind to scream

God damn, the pusher
God damn, I say the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man
Well, now if I were president of this land
You know, I'd declare total war on the pusher man
I'd cut if he stands,
And I'd shoot him if he'd run
Yes, I'd kill him with my Bible
And my razor and my gun

God damn, the pusher
God damn, the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man

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