Released: May 13, 2014

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Afroman

(Chorus/Intro)
Locc-ed up on them thangs(locked up them thangs), Bouncing on them sprangs(bouncing on them springs), New sound system bangs(new sound system bangs), Like a black Tarzan I swang(like a black Tarzan I swang)

(Verse 1)
I roll passed your ass real fast, High on grass locked up on them chrome 13s, Pornos on my my tv screens, Dipping and hopping, Banging and bopping, Hoppin and dropping never stopping, Drop the back raise the front 3 wheel motion is all I want, 3 Wheel to the left, 3 Wheel to the right, 3 Wheel on every single corner in sight, Cut it real hard and hold it, step on the gas baby roll it, Pop it like a willie, Smoke it like a philly, Drop it down, jack it up and straight clown

(Chorus)
Locc-ed up on them thangs(locked up them thangs), Bouncing on them sprangs(bouncing on them springs), New sound system bangs(new sound system bangs), Like a black Tarzan I swang(like a black Tarzan I swang)

Verse 2
Everytime you see me, I'm ontop driving in my hardtop or my drop, Drop down to the ground, Hop back up to the hip hop sound, Keep on Rollin money foldin pockets swollen we Goin Bowlin, We Goin to the movies like cheese Rollin on Ds sitting on 3's, We finna shoot some pool but on our way there we gonna act a fool, After that ride home and play chess check mate baby this the wild wild west, I'm a perfectionist, I'm like to good to actually exist, But I do rumors are true and when the girls see my car they be like oooo
 
(Chorus/Outro)
Locc-ed up on them thangs(locked up them thangs), Bouncing on them sprangs(bouncing on them springs), New sound system bangs(new sound system bangs), Like a black Tarzan I swang(like a black Tarzan I swang)

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.