Seemingly refers to use of powerfulstimulants. See lyrics to Lagwagon song by the same name. The lyric "They could never tell we are losing weight," suggests as much; weight loss being a characteristic effect of using methamphetamines or cocaine.
Ride the snake, ride the snake To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake...he's old, and his skin is cold
Ghost ride the whip is when you walk next to your car while it is still rolling. Ghost ride the <i>stick</i> is when you do it in a stick shift car by putting it in neutral.
I was going to swap out that hard drive because it shows it may fail, but since we are going to get a new system next month, I'm going to just ride the snake.