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What IfAfroman

Released: April 20, 2004

Featuring: E-40

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Afroman

(feat. E-40)

If god had long hair, and a go-t
And if his eyes were pretty glazed
And he looked spaced out would you buy his story
Would you believe he had an eye infection?

(Course)
And yeah, yeah, god looks baked
And yeah, yeah, god smells good
And yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What is god smoked cannabis?
Hit the bong like some of us
Drove a tie-die microbus, and he subscribes to rolling stones

If god made this place in the begging and did he grow any seeds
Or did he put them there for Adam and Eve
So they'd be hungry for the apple that the snake was always offering

(course)
And yeah yeah god rolls great
And yeah yeah god smells good
And yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
What if god smoked cannabis?
Do you suppose he had a buzz?
When he made the platypus
He made it earth our home
Does he like Perljam or the stones?
And do you think he rolls his own
Up there in heaven on the throne?
And when the saints go marching home
Maybe he sits and smokes a bone

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.

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