Method Man insists he’s not broke. In fact, he’s got a very interesting reason for why New York State tax collectors repoed his 2008 Lincoln Navigator from his Staten Island home last week–it’s because he is a weedhead.

Meth says he forgot he owes $50,000 in back government taxes because he spends his days blowing trees. But the Wu-Tang star, whose real name is Clifford Smith, fully intends to pay the U.S. Department of Taxation what he owes, insisting he has plenty of money in the bank.

“I knew why they (the repossession officers) were there. It wasn’t like ‘Oh my God! Noo!! Don’t take it!’ I was half-dressed, and it was so early that I just said, ‘Okay, you’re taking the truck,’” Meth said in an interview with The NY Daily News on Friday.

He adds: “Myself, I’m a pothead. It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget everything else. Sure, (the tax department) sent letters to my house saying, ‘We need this money.’ They started sending them in 2002. Here it is, 2009, and I never paid this shit, because I don’t think like that!
“I could have easily just written them a cheque for whatever amount, but no – I waited until they knocked on this door and were like, ‘We got your truck and we outta here!’”

“Now I’m thinking we’ve gotta get our truck back, which means I have to get all my paperwork together. That means days of going through mail, ’cause I got mail like woah (a lot of letters),” Meth explains. “I’ve found checks from 2005 that have never been opened yet. And we’re talking a significant amount of money! But I never opened (the tax department’s) letters – so this is how the tax man came to Meth’s house and took his truck. Not because I was broke! I got plenty of money!”