Song Information
- "High Hopes" is about the inspirational effects that comes with smoking marijuana, only to have those inspirational dreams forgotten when the effects wear off. When asked if it was a pro-drug song or anti-drug song, Sammy simply stated, "Hey, it's the facts, Jack. It's not pro or negative, I'm just talking about what happens." Prior to the album's release, Hagar had performed the song live with his band Los Tres Gusanos.
- "Buying My Way Into Heaven" is about televangelists. "I have relatives. I have people within my family. I know people that within their family that are not really well off. And they skimp and scrape to send these people $10 bucks, $20 bucks, whatever they can afford. And the idea of it is so that they can be guaranteed, that because they've had a miserable life on the planet Earth, and been such beaten down and had such heartbreaks and bad luck. That these guys go out and they tell these people, 'Send me your money, and I'll make sure you're okay in Heaven.' And I think that's about the lowest thing that anyone can do to anyone. I think that these people should send their money, 'cause these guys are multi-multi-hundreds of millions of dollars that they have, and they should send these people that need the money the money and not ask them to send it to them. If they want to do something for God, they should send money to these people, and they should open up their big giant mansions and their churches to the homeless and feed them daily."
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