Afroman

Released: February 5, 2000

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Afroman

It's like I don't care about nothing, man
Roll another b...
Ooh
La da da da la da da la la da da

I was gonna clean my room until I got high
I was gonna get up and find the broom, but then I got high
My room is still messed up and I know why (why, man?)

'Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high
La-da-da da da-da da

I was gonna go to class before I got high (c'mon y'all, check it out)
I could'a cheated and I could'a passed, but I got high (uh uh la la da da)
I'm takin' it next semester and I know why (why man?) (hey hey)

'Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

I was gonna go to court before I got high
I was gonna pay my child support, but then I got high (no, you wasn't)
They took my whole paycheck and I know why (why, man?)(yeah eh eh)

'Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high
La-da-da da da da

I wasn't gonna run from the cops, but I was high (uh, I'm serious man)
I was gonna pull right over and stop, but I was high (uh)
Now I'm a paraplegic (ha ha ha) and I know why (why man?)

'Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high
La-da-da da da da

I was gonna make love to you, but then I got high (ooh) (I'm serious)
I was gonna eat your p----, too, (ohhh) but then I got high (he trippin', he trippin')
Now I'm ------ --- (ahh) and I know why (turn this shit off, ha ha ha)

'Cause I got high (keep going)
Because I got high
Because I got high
La-da-da da da da

I messed up my entire life because I got high (go go go)
I lost my kids and wife because I got high (say what say what say what?)
Now I'm sleepin' on the sidewalk and I know why (why, man?)
(Yeah yeah)

'Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high
La-da-da da da da

I'ma stop singing this song because I'm high (raise the ceiling, baby)
I'm singing this whole thing wrong because I'm high (bring it back)
And if I don't sell one copy, I'll know why (why, man?) (yeah eh eh)

'Cause I'm high
'Cause I'm high
'Cause I'm high (are you really that high?)

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Get jiggy with it scubbydooby wa

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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