Released: March 6, 2006

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Afroman

Fellas don't go psycho
When she's on her menstrual cycle
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

Maxi pads are frightful
But orgasms are delightful
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

After she blows my wad I hate to go out in the storm
But when I think about what she just did my hard on keeps me warm

If that pussy ain't popping
Get her head to bopping
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

I wonder if Miss Morgan
Will suck my reproductive organ
If her cycle has to flow
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

Well it feels so good I'm crying
Everywhere sperm is flying
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow...

After she blows my wad I hate to go out in the storm
But when I think about what she just did my hard on keeps me warm

If you can't stick it
Kick back and let her lick it
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

If there is no pussy pounding
You might find her lips astounding
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

I accept trainees
Get down on your knees!
If you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

After she blows my wad I hate to go out in the storm
But when I think about what she just did my hard on keeps me warm

Fellas don't get mad
Let her change her maxi pad
If you got her head down low
Let her blow, let her blow, let her blow

And when she gets real grumpy
Give her something lumpy
Since you can't fuck the hoe
Let her blow.... let her blow....

Afroman

Joseph ‘Afroman’ Foreman began writing songs and handing them out to his friends on cassette while in the eighth grade. At 25 years old, he released his first album, 1999’s Sell Your Dope. Soon after, he moved from LA to Mississippi with the mission to ‘get away from competition and sell to actual people’, releasing his sophomore album Because I Got High in 2000 on T-Bones Records. Its title track, written hastily after a friend showed up and interrupted him on an ambitious day and insisted they instead get high, was the last song he had recorded for the album. Soon after, Afroman left the music business.

At the same time, the file-sharing software Napster – heavily used at the time to share and distribute music for free – was at its peak of popularity, and the album’s title track became popular with its users. Universal Records caught wind and signed Afroman to a six album deal and released it as a single on July 6, 2001.

“Because I Got High” immediately became one of the most-requested songs across the nation, growing even larger after syndicated morning radio show host Howard Stern began airing it regularly, helping to make it ‘the most requested song on the radio in the country’. Further boosting its popularity was its inclusion in the film (and soundtrack to) Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back and MTV’s eventual agreement to air a modified, less-controversial music video for the song. It peaked at #13 in the US, and topped the charts in ten countries overseas. Its album The Good Times reached #10 in the US.