Back in 2002 the drummer of my band asked me to roll some doobies for that night because we were playing a kegger out in the country near Hayward, Wisconsin.
Long story short, we get pulled over and the dummy gives the police permission to search his car. They find the weed and arrest me because they assumed it was mine, which surprisingly it was not.
So my band had music written for a new song and it just needed lyrics. After being arrested I decided the lyrics would be about how much I dislike police and I threw in a "legalize marijuana" line at the end, because in those days I was smoking all day every day and weed was a huge part of my life.
A couple fun facts about this song:
1. It is supposed to have two keyboard parts but the keyboardist did not record them for some reason. The song sounds totally weird without them. We had a live album that has an excellent version of the song but I lost my copy.
2. The address of the studio we recorded at was 420... can't remember the street name but it was in Duluth, MN.
3. 10:31 is police code for crime in progress.
4. I had bronchitis when I recorded the vocals so they sound a bit off.