@rebekah-anne-vesey: I'm glad you like it! Thanks for listening :)

You can stand on my back but don't hide your face...............

Have you ever wondered what prescription drugs SOUND like?  This will tell you, but first, check out the disclaimer (assuming you haven't seen the original track)

Disclaimer:

This song is not intended to glorify prescription medicine abuse. It is a story about the leaps and bounds I have gone through in order to get the medical help I needed. I have been diagnosed with osteo arthritis and degenerative disk disease due to an auto vs pedestrian accident (I was the pedestrian) in 2002. Since then I have been on ALL of the opioid derived pain medications and a list of several pills over the course of 10 years, and none have been able to help me. I've been on several medications for depression since age 19, and as of 2012, I am 32 years old. Each medication made me into a zombie in pain.

In 2002, I was attending college, and I began to fail all of my classes due to being so heavily sedated and still in pain so I couldn't pay attention to the lectures. After spending a lot of money on medicine and the chiropractor (who hurt me more than he helped me), I was complaining to a friend of mine and he said I should try cannabis. I was one of the people who thought that people wanted it legal just so they could sit around and be high all day, so I wasn't really interested. Out of desperation, I went there. For the first time, I was able to stretch and do my exercises. I could sleep, and I was able to have enough energy to do well in my classes. I went from a D- to a B+ in a couple of months.

I knew I couldn't continue with it because the usage of said substance could jeopardise my job. So I took the time to get active and fix my back before I ran out of medicine. I was pain free for quite some time. That hasn't been the case for several years now. I am now in more pain than I could remember, and I take 3 medications for it. They only rob me of energy, and I feel I just have to accept the fact that there is always going to be constant pain in my life if I want to keep from breaking the law. Until cannabis is made legally available in my state, I'll keep trying to find the right combination of pills..that is until I end up with liver failure, or I just say "Fuck it".

Remixed by ZeR0Fux:
http://zer0fux.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ZeR0FuX

The Original:  https://soundcloud.com/revue-1/dance-of-the-dead-redux?in=revue-1/sets/10-years-later

Revue presents: Dance of the Dead - The Pharmaceutical Ballad (a ZeR0Fux production)

Independent artist, Spoken word poetry with a hip-hop feel. Sometimes I rap.  Open to collaboration,features in blogs,etc. Samples inside. Press play. You know you want to. ;)

B-sides and free downloads available on bandcamp
http://revue1.bandcamp.com/
Releases:
https://revue1.bandcamp.com/album/the-stick-up-ep
Revue (The Poet) presents : The Happening
https://revue1.bandcamp.com/album/the-happening
Revue(The Poet) presents : Yellows and Greens
https://revue1.bandcamp.com/album/yellows-and-greens
Revue Presents: The Living Room Music EP (Free Download)
http://revue1.bandcamp.com/album/the-living-room-music-ep
Revue Presents: 10 Years Later- The Album
http://revue1.bandcamp.com/album/10-years-later-the-album

Paypal: revuethepoet@gmail.com

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