Because I Got High - Afroman, 2000

 
 
(Warning: inappropriate language)
 
I was gonna clean my room until I got high
I was gonna get up and find a broom but then I got high
my room is still messed up and I know why
'cause I got high [repeat 3X]

I was gonna go to class before I got high
I coulda cheated and I coulda passed but then I got high
I'm taking it next semester and I know why
because I got high [repeat 3X]

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 dope and I know why
because I got high [repeat 3X]

I was gonna go to court before I got high
I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high
they took my whole paycheck and I know why
because I got high [repeat 3X]

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 - because I got high [repeat 3X]

I was gonna pay my car note until I got high
I wasn't gonna gamble on the boat but then I got high

now the tow truck is pulling away and I know why
because I got high [repeat 3X]

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 jacking off and I know why
because I got high [repeat 3X]

I messed up my entire life because I got high
I lost my kids and wife because I got high
now I'm sleeping on my sidewalk and I know why
because I got high [repeat 3X]

I'm gonna stop singing this song because I'm high
I'm singing this whole song wrong because I'm high
and if I don't sell one copy I know why

because I'm high [repeat 3X]

Well my name is afroman and I'm from East Palm Dell, East Palm Dell
and all the dopey weed I be smoking is mamas hell
I don't believe in Hitler that's what I say, so all of you skins please give me more head mother f**ker
Afro mother fuker m-a-n
A E I O U .. and sometimes W
We ain't gonna sell none of these mother fukin albums 'cause...
let's go back to Marshal Durby and hang some more chickens
F**K THE CORPRIOT WORLD BIYOTCH!!
 
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Joseph Foreman, better known as Afroman, was one of the first artists to really benefit from the world wide web. In the spring of 2000, he released Because I Got High without a record distribution deal. But word of mouth, and a posting on then controversial Napster changed everything. Soon Howard Stern was promoting the song, and Kevin Smith added it to the soundtrack of his movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. By the time Universal Records signed him in 2001, he was already a huge international success.
 
In 2006, Afroman had apparently found Jesus. In an interview for a British one hit wonder TV program, he stated he had given up alcohol, smoking, sex and women for a while but had returned to them... however, he promises to be the best alcohol-drinking, marijuana-smoking, woman-chasing Christian there is.