Afroman

Released: May 20, 2016

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Afroman

[Intro: Afroman]
Hmm
It's like... I don't care about nothin' man
Roll another blunt... Yeah (ohh ohh ohh)
La da da da da da La, Da Daaa
La da da da, La da da da, La da da daaa

[Verse 1]
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?)
Yeah hey
Because I got high, because I got high
Because I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 2]
I was gonna go to class before I got high
I could'a cheated and I could'a passed, but I got high
I am taking it next semester and I know why (Why man?)
Because I got high, because I got high
Because I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 3]
I was gonna go to work but then I got high
I just got a new promotion, but I got high
Now I'm selling weed and I know why (Why man?)
Because I got high, because I got high
Because I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 4]
I was gonna go to court, but then I got high
I was gonna pay my child support, but then I got high (No you ain't)
They took my whole paycheck and I know why
'Cause I got high, 'cause I got high
'Cause I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 5]
I wasn't gonna run from the cops but I was high
I was gonna pull right over and stop but I was high
Now I am a paraplegic and I know why (Why man?)
Because I got high, because I got high
Because I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 6]
I was gonna make love to you but then I got high
I was gonna eat yo' pussy too but then I got high
Now I'm jackin' off and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high
Because I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 7]
I messed up my entire life because I got high
I lost my kids and wife because I got high
I'm sleeping on the sidewalk and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high
Because I got high
(La da da da da da da da da)

[Verse 8]
Well my name is Afroman and I'm from east Palmdale
And all the tail weed I be smokin' is bomb as hell
I don't believe in Hitler, that's what I said (Why man?)
So all of you skins (skins) please give me more head

[Verse 9]
I'm gonna stop singing this song because I'm high
I'm singing this whole thing wrong because I'm high
And if I don't sell one copy I know why (why man?)
Yeah hey
'Cause I'm high, because I'm high
Because I'm high
(La da da da da da, La da da da, Shoop shooby doo wop)

[Outro]
A E I O U(a e i o u) and sometimes W(hahahahaha)
'Cause I'm high, 'cause I'm high
'Cause I'm high

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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