14 Years Ago, He Wrote 'Because I Got High.' He Just Rewrote It In The Best Way Possible.

[ismnotwasm]

[SamKnause]

1. I don't care for the original.

The tired stoner stereotypes and outright lies are so decades ago.

I really like the new, improved, TRUTHFUL, version !!!!!!!!!!

[Cooley Hurd]

5. I liked the original...

...despite the stereotypes. It's a catchy tune and funny (in the way that Reefer Madness made me laugh).

The new version crushes the old one like a grape!

[F4lconF16]

21. I really like the original because I saw it as mocking those stereotypes.

I mean, in the course of a song, he goes from "I was gonna clean my room...but then I got high" to "I ruined my entire life because I got high". It seems a little much if he wasn't playing on those stereotypes.

It also reminds me of a poem written by a friend in high school...the only lines I remember are "Yesterday, I did drugs for the first time/I injected 4 whole marijuanas/next day I was on the streets/beating up old ladies for coke money".

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. I love it ...

"The state got revenue because I got high/They built a school or two because I got high ..."

[ismnotwasm]

3. Isn't it badass?

I don't use pot, ( did a ton of it a ways back) but I understand the benefits. He did a excellent job here.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Yes it is ...

I stopped more than 30 years ago ... But know more people that smoke than don't (probably).

[Nictuku]

11. I was going to say something disrespectful....

.... but then I got high.

[1StrongBlackMan]

14. What did "Name Removed" write? eom

[Nictuku]

16. I guess I missed it

... because (well, you know the rest)

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Yes, because pot = coke and heroin.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Give some credit to NORML. They worked with Afroman to bring him around.

That's the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

http://www.norml.org

[ChisolmTrailDem]

7. I love the original because it was fun and...

...because I got high.

This one is sublime. I absofuckinglutely LOVE IT!

I hope both efforts from this gentleman (do we know his name) have helped and will help to make his life financially comfortable since it's already clear his spirit is free...because he got high.

[Reter]

8. I loved that song in 2001

[Curtis]

9. Love it so much

I loved the original too. Sure there's tired stereotypes, but that was the beauty of the original. It made fun of those stereotypes. Anyway, this person who uses regularly for a couple different health reasons is happy to see it remade in light of the new view on weed.

[silverweb]

15. Well done!

[nomorenomore08]

17. That is great. I thought the guy had dropped off the face of the Earth.

[ismnotwasm]

19. I have to admit to still listening to his old stuff

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But as a near PSA, this made me happy-- it was accurate, truthful and funny.

He just cracks me up

[nomorenomore08]

20. "I drive better drunk, than you do sober..."

Definitely a unique and entertaining artist, for sure.

[Initech]

18. Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high, la da da da da da...

[F4lconF16]

22. Thank you for using the correct number of "da"s.

When people use the wrong number of sounds when writing out song lyrics, it drives me nuts