Alabama's Top Crop

Alabama’s Top Cash Crop By Elton Camp If you think Alabama is the Cotton State You are behind on developments of late More profitable & boll weevils don’t stop Is marijuana, which became the top crop In fact, twelve state share that distinction Though the law tries to bring it to extinction Law enforcement isn’t actually especially lax But it’s a big temptation since you pay no tax To the harm it causes, growers can’t well relate Since the costs they don’t have to compensate Tobacco users who are harmed, makers can sue But when damaged by pot, there’s nothing to do Smoke from fire is a thing humans usually flee To inhale it into our lungs make no sense to me “It’s no worse than tobacco,” some might say, But what’s so great about tobacco anyway? And there is an epidemic of its use in the nation Despite how much it harms health & concentration Alabama is called the buckle on the Bible Belt So many strong church folks in pot have dealt Marijuana by itself is a strikingly beautiful plant But to justify its use as a drug we surely can’t Any who buy & use it are guilty as those who sell They think they’re sophisticated but they just smell (