'Pusherman' is featured on Mayfield's soundtrack for the movie 'Super Fly'. While the movie leans towards accepting drugs, Mayfield's lyrics counter this attitude and criticize the drug's abuse.
The song was made popular in the opening drug trafficking scenes of the movie 'Easy Rider.' The lyrics establish the difference between a marijuana dealer and a drug pusher. The dealer "will sell you lots of sweet dreams," but the pusher (of hard drugs like heroin) is a "monster" who doesn't care "if you live or if you die."
Keith co-wrote this song with Willie Nelson the same week Nelson appeared in the movie 'Beerfest' looking for teammates to join him in the world-championship cannabis-smoking contest in Amsterdam. Needless to say, the Willie in the song is Willie Nelson himself.
The song is originally written by Chris and Michael Kay of The Toyes. They conceived the song when they were lounging on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, "tokin' on some sweet kona bud & jammin' on a rootsy reggae groove." 'Smoke Two Joints' was only the second Sublime song to be played on the radio.