Afroman

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Savalas Brothers

I'ma quit my job, go home check on my girl
Fuck tha corporate world
Smoke marihuana, drink malt liquor till I earl
Fuck tha corporate world
Hop in the cadillac, let the daytoners twirl
Fuck tha corporate word
If tha cops [..]
Fuck tha corporate world

Paddy-wag, paddy wagon afroman
Ruff 'em up cuff 'em up, lock 'em in the can
Mess up his records so he can't get a job
Maybe he'll have to kill, steal and rob
Can he survive, yes he can, he the hungry hustler afroman
Ain't got no job, ain't got no credit
But whatever ya need, baby he'll go get it
Cut my hair is what y'all said
But I couldn't get a job with a bald head
First I get fired, last to get hired
I work for myself, Now i'm retired
Damn, take bravery
To escape modern day slavery
Jam, you ever seen the place
Kinda look like [..]

I'ma quit my job, go home check on my girl
Fuck tha corporate world
Smoke marihuana, drink malt liquor till I earl
Fuck tha corporate world
Hop in the cadillac, let the daytoners twirl
Fuck tha corporate word
If tha cops [..]
Fuck tha corporate world

2003, [...]
Gold daytoners on a rolls-royce bentley
[..]
Run the pencilnecks out the pool
Sag my khakis, show my ass
To the pencilneck-geeks sittin' in first class
Blonde bimbo, stretch limo
House next-do, to rush limbaugh
Standin on the curb, smokin' herb
Subwoofer subbin' all through the suburb
Underground baby, fuck the masses
Internet cellphone [..]
Sexy freak, everyday of the week
No [..] from a pencilneck-geek
Stop kissing ass, work for yourself
Fuck slavery! increase your wealth

Quit yo job, go home check on your girl
Fuck tha corporate world
Smoke marihuana, drink malt liquor till you earl
Fuck tha corporate world
Hop in the cadillac, let the daytoners twirl
Fuck tha corporate word
If tha cops [..]
Fuck tha corporate world

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.

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