Zappa had earlier anti-drug songs including "
Who Needs the Peace Corps?" from ''
We're Only in It for the Money (1968), "Cosmik Debris" from Apostrophe (')'' (1974), "Charlie's Enormous Mouth" from
You Are What You Is (1981), and "I Come From Nowhere" from
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982). Though unlike the hippies, drug dealers, youth, and junkies mentioned in previous songs, the targets of this song are instead rich
Wall Street executives, doctors, and lawyers. Specifically the lyrics... "I don't wanna know 'bout the things that you pull Outta your nose, or where they goes But if you are wasted from the stuff you're stickin' in it I get madder every day 'cause what you do 'n' what you say affects my life in such a way I learn to hate it every minute!" ...are targeted at music business executives. The vocals display a tone making it one of Zappa's more angry songs. In 2000, the
CMJ Music Marathon magazine jokingly stated that "Cocaine Decisions" would be a great song to characterize presidential candidate
George W. Bush. == Riot ==