What? Of course, there is a bunch of Songs you Didn’t Know Were About Weed.

It’s no secret that marijuana use is widespread among artists. It’s hard to find a musician who doesn’t like marijuana, much like it’s difficult to find an athlete who doesn’t like Gatorade. This is likely a result of how effective marijuana is in inspiring songwriting and the creative process in general.

It should come as no surprise that so many musicians find it enjoyable and that, so many express their passion for the enchanted plant in their compositions. Nonetheless, they occasionally need to conceal these shout-outs due to some persistent negative stereotypes. Here is a list of songs that, although being skillfully misrepresented as something else, are currently odes to marijuana.

As this list shows, some songs might employ linguistic subterfuge, but they clearly were about something other than romance. Still, people didn’t always get it. After reading this, you will:

This song may appear to be a sweet, innocent country tune, yet it is entirely about smoking marijuana. Actually, the words aren’t even concealing that; they’re just delivered in a way that makes you have no idea this song is about using drugs. Light me up and breathe in and “We’re smokin’ em all” are repeated by Gaga throughout the song.

She even begins a line by saying, “I can’t wait to flame for real,” demonstrating how firmly the focus of the entire song is on cannabis. It’s odd that Gaga would write such a clear dedication to marijuana given her mainstream, pop image, but here it is. She’s hardly the only famous person that strangely like marijuana, in fact.

Some people found this song from Petty’s 1994 solo album Wildflowers to be too unclear, while others found it to be way too graphic. Although Petty’s intentionally oblique and non-sequitur-filled rhymes are contemplative, it is obvious that his speaker is thinking about just one thing. In the chorus, he says, “Let me get to the point, let’s roll another joint.”

MTV opted to air an altered version of the song in which the phrase “joint was flipped” was removed because it didn’t sit well with them. It may seem contradictory, but some radio stations decided to play a version of the song in which the phrase “Let’s roll another joint” was changed to “Let’s hit another joint.” Finally, Petty stopped pretending and reluctantly acknowledged that the song was a personal homage to marijuana. He admitted, “Every blue moon or so, I might have a toke on somebody’s… cigarette.” “While it’s a fine way to live, it’s not recommended. I won’t comment if it’s good or awful.

Although this song may initially seem like your standard, vintage love song about a guy head over heels for a girl, that isn’t quite the case. Paul McCartney has always been a cannabis enthusiast and isn’t afraid to admit it.

According to Paul McCartney, “Had To Get You In My Life” was “really a tribute to weed, like someone else might write an ode to chocolate or a fine claret,” as he admits in his book “Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now.” I can’t name you any popular claret odes, but sure.

If you pay close attention to the lyrics, you might think that this song is a love song. Yet, phrases like “did I tell you I need you, every single day of my life” and “I was alone, I took a ride, I didn’t know what I would find there” illustrate his first experiences with marijuana use.

D’Angelo, you almost let us miss this one. It’s simple to assume that this song is a love song to a certain girl when you listen to it. You would assume that he is talking about a genuine person because he specifies where and how he met her. You only begin to wonder if Brown Sugar is a real person when he starts talking about how she makes him feel. The red flags start to appear when he mentions “getting high” off of her affection.

He even sings “Always down for a menage-a-trois, but I think I’m a hit it solo” which, although it seems strange to say about a lover, makes perfect sense once you realize he’s talking about smoking. When he refers to Brown Sugar’s older sister “by the name of Chocolate Thai,” that is the major giveaway. For those who are unaware, Chocolate Thai is a marijuana strain.

The hippie dream had long since died by the time Neil Young released Tonight’s The Night in 1975. The singer-songwriter, who was experiencing a form of bereavement, created “Roll Another Number For The Road” as a tribute to the era.

Due to the heroin overdose deaths of his buddy and roadie Bruce Berry and Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten, Young knew better than most the potential dangers of drug use. In this song, he is depicted as being immobile yet still wanting to leave hippiedom behind him. He examines a rolling paper with his fingertips as he walks this line and thinks about all the “open-hearted folks” he has seen while traveling.