"Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere, trying to escape" - The Roots

"Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere, trying to escape"

• The Roots, Why (What’s Goin On?) (Released: July 13, 2004)

Genius Annotation:

In our society also young kid’s try to escape from the problems through drugs. Of course they don’t use drugs you might think off now, for example weed.

Smoke a lot of kush, I smoke a lot of kush (for what?) Thinkin I can blow away some pain

No, they don’t use that kind of drugs, but a drug you can buy in every age, literally everwhere and also legal is glue. Glue is able to make you high when you sniff it.

But be careful: Sniffing glue or paint is probably the absolute worst, most dangerous way to get stoned. The high sensation is from lack of oxygen to the brain. Do this enough and you get brain damage. Long time huffers act as if they have had a brain injury, and they will never recover. They just stagger around, barely able to talk or take care of themselves.

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