Well, according to the Urban Dictionary, a colitas are the tips of marijuana plants. Which makes you Hunter S. Thompson reference later quite appropriate.

Rock has been quite good at hiding stuff in plain sight by using slang. I remember reading recently that Elvis' "Hound Dog" was basically about a guy not scoring like he was bragging to everybody. "Rabbit" in that song was a reference to women (think "tail" and you can see where it came from).

Michael C. Fortner
"Maxim 37: There is no such thing as "overkill".
There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".