Released: October 6, 1998

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Hugry Hustler Records

(Wait a minute, man. Hey, check this out, tell it
It was this blind man, right?
Man, check this out- it was this blind man, right?
He was feelin' his way down the street with this stick, right?
Hey, he walked past this fish market, you know what I’m sayin'?
He stopped, he took a deep breath, he said
Woo, good morning, ladies

You like that shit, man?
Hey, man, I got a gang of that shit, man
I tell you what- my man on the guitar, fool on the drums
Everybody just crowd around the mic
I’ll tell you all these mutha-fuckin' jokes
But first, I’m a start it off like this
Hey, help me sing it, homeboy.)

Colt 45 and two Zig Zags, baby that’s all we need
We can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumbleweed
And as the marijuana burns we can take our turns
Singing them dirty rap songs
Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong
Sell tapes from here to Hong Kong
So roll, roll, roll my joint
Pick out the seeds and stems
Feelin' high as hell flyin' through Palmdale, skatin' on Dayton rims
So roll, roll the ‘83 Cadillac Coup de Ville
If my tapes and my cds just don’t sell
I bet my caddy will

Well it was just sundown in a small white town
They call it Eastside Palmdale
When the Afroman walked through the white land, houses went up for sale
Well, I was standin' on the corner sellin' rap cd's
When I met a little girl named Jan
I let her ride in my Caddy
Cause I didn’t know her daddy was the leader of the Klu Klux Klan
We fucked on the bed, fucked on the flo'
Fucked so long, I grew a fuckin' afro
Then I fucked to the left, fucked to the right
She sucked my dick ‘til the shit turned white
I thought to myself, Sheba, Sheba! Got my ass lookin’ like a Zebra!
I pulled on my clothes and I was on my way
Until her daddy pulled up in a Chevrolet
I ran, I jumped out the back window
But her daddy, he was waitin' with a 2 x 4
Oh, he beat me to the left, he beat me to the right
The mutha-fucker whooped my ass all night
But I ain’t mad at her prejudiced dad, that’s the best damn pussy I ever had
I got a bag of weed and a bottle of wine
I’m a fuck that bitch just one more time

Colt 45 and two Zig Zags, baby that’s all we need
We can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumbleweed
And as the marijuana burns we can take our turns
Singing them dirty rap songs
Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong
Sell tapes from here to Hong Kong
So roll, roll, roll my joint. Pick out the seeds and stems
Feelin' high as hell flyin' through Palmdale
Skatin' on Dayton rims
So roll, roll the ‘83 Cadillac Coup de Ville
If my tapes and my cds just don’t sell, I bet my caddy will

I met this lady in Hollywood
She had green hair, but damn she looked good
I took her to my house, cause she was fine
But she whipped out a dick that was bigger than mine
I met this lady from Japan, never made love with an African
I fucked her once, I fucked her twice
I ate that pussy like shrimp fried rice
Don’t be amazed at the stories I tell ya
I met a woman in the heart of Australia
Had a big butt and big titties, too
So I hopped in her ass like a kangaroo
See, I met this lady from Hawaii
Stuck it in her ass, and she said, ay!
Lips was breakfast, pussy was lunch
Then her titties busted open with Hawaiian Punch
Met Colonel Sander’s wife in the state of Kentucky
She said, I’ll fry some chicken if you just fuck me
I came in her mouth
It was a crisis
I gave her my secret blend of herbs and spices

Colt 45 and two Zig Zags, baby that’s all we need
We can go to the park after dark
Smoke that tumbleweed
And as the marijuana burns we can take our turns
Singing them dirty rap songs
Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong
Sell tapes from here to Hong Kong
Hey, wait a minute man, check this out

I met Dolly Parton in Tennessee
Her titties were filled with Hennesy
That country music nearly drove me crazy
But I rode that ass and said, Yes, Miss Daisy!
Met this lady in Oklahoma
Put that pussy in a coma
Met this lady in Michigan
I can’t wait ‘til I fuck that bitch again
Met a real black girl in South Carolina
Fucked her 'til she turned into a white albino
Fucked this hooker in Iowa
I fucked her on credit, so I owe her
Fucked this girl, down in Georgia; came in her mouth
Man, I thought I told ya
Met this beautiful sexy ho;
She just ran cross the border of Mexico
Fine young thing, said her name’s Maria
I wrapped her up just like a Hot Tortilla
I want to get married, but I can’t afford it
I know I'ma cry when she gets deported

Colt 45 and two Zig Zags, baby that’s all we need
We can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumbleweed
And as the marijuana burns we can take our turns
Singing them dirty rap songs
Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong
Sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

Have you ever went over to a girl’s house to fuck
But the pussy just ain’t no good? (say what?)
And then you’re getting' upset cause you can’t get her wet
Plus you in the wrong neighborhood?
So you try to play it off and eat the pussy
But it takes her so long to cum (say what?)
Then a dude walks in. That’s her big boyfriend
And he asks you where you from? (Where you from, man?)

So you wipe your mouth, and you try to explain (I don’t bang.)
You start talkin' real fast
But he’s already mad, cause you fuckin' his wife
So he starts beatin' on your ass
Now your clothes all muddy, your nose all bloody
Your dick was hard but now it’s soft. (what?)
You thought you had a girl to rock your world
Now you still gotta go jack off

Colt 45 and two Zig Zags, baby that’s all we need
We can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumbleweed

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.