Green’s Dictionary of Slang

very strong marijuana.

1994		Nas ‘Life’s A Bitch’ 🎵 Life’s a bitch, and then you die, that’s why we puff lye.
1994		Notorious BIG ‘Big Poppa’ 🎵 Choppin’ O’s, smokin la in Optimos.
1998		Source Oct. 186: The narcotic traits of the Lah had a most debilitating effect on Joe’s hand skills.
2002		‘Touré’ Portable Promised Land (ms.) 155: We Words (My Favorite Things) [...] Boom. Buddha. Reefer. Ism. Indo. Lah. Trees.
2006		Jay-Z ‘Oh My God’ 🎵 I’m in that Volvo, puffing on that la-la.
2006		Chief Kamachi ‘777’ 🎵 All they see is purple smoke from the lye we breathin’.
2010		Freeway & Jake One ‘The Product’ 🎵 They smoke la to get hot, they pop pills and whatnot.