Afroman

Released: February 5, 2008

Songwriter: Afroman

Producer: Born Immaculate

One, you come to my room for a little game
Two you, I'll do very erotic things
I wanna make love, babe, very slowly
Three times in a row, all night I'll go
I love when you come over
And when you come
It gives me feva
Body next to mine
Love dance syncopated time
Sugar rush keeps me high
Sweet kiss on my thigh
I wanna make love, baby, very badly
Feels good in the air every time you're here
I love when you come over
And when you come
It gives me feva
Don't keep me waiting, anticipating
Love, I am saving for you
Hear what I'm saying
You I am craving
Love is here waitng for you
All day you're staying
Please no delaying
Patiently waiting for you
Don't keep me waiting
No time for playing
Sitting here waiting for you
I love when you come over
And when you come
It gives me feva
Come one over
I love when you come over
And when you come

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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