Afroman

Released: October 16, 2014

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Afroman

[Intro:Afroman}
Background: "Afroman!" chants

Marijuana ( hahaha hold up hold up! )
Malt liquor ( ah there we go whats happenin'? )
Di di di di ( im fucked up im ready to sing now im right on it! )

[Hook:]
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )

[Verse1:}
Its a messed up world ( world ), yes it is ( yes it is )
Thats why i drink beer ( beer ) and i smoke weed ( i smoke weed )
It keeps me calm ( calm ) it keeps me cool ( cool )
While the whole world acts ( acts ) like a fool ( fool )
I'm bumpin my music ( music ) smoke in the zone ( smoke in the zone )
Dancing with a girl trynna get her to bone ( get her to bone )
Pothead to pothead all over the world ( all over the world )
Be on the lookout for me and my girl!

[Hook:}
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )

[Verse2:}
People look hostile at the party
So i turn on some music and sip baccardi
Light some marijuana and what do you know ( what do you know )
Everybody in the party hit my 'dro ( hit my 'dro )
Im rich i admit it ( mit it ) i let people hit it ( hit it )
And i must say ( hoo! ) im glad i did it ( did it )
People started moving ( moving ) and dancing around ( dancing around )
Groovin to the hungry hustler record sound

[Hook:}
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )

[Verse3:]
Put your 40 in the freezer take the weed out your bag ( bag )
Sprinkle it slow across the zig zag ( zig zag )
Hold it up ( hold it up ) roll it up ( roll it up )
Reach for your lighter as you flick squeeze tighter ( tighter )
Hit it ( hit it ) hit it ( hit it ) hit it ( hit it ) hit it ( hit it )
Right before you cough ( *cough cough* ), quit it! ( quit it )
Everyday ( day ) the world ( yeah ) gets ( gets ) sicker ( sicker yeah )
But i got weed ( what else man?!? ) + malt liquor!

[Hook:}
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )
Marijuana ( marijuana )
Malt liquor ( malt liquor )
I hope my license plates ( outta state license plates! )
Got a sticker ( a sticker )

[guitar solo]

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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