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I Am A Dope Fiend by Jazzie Redd Lyrics

Genre: rap | Year: 1990

[Verse 1: Jazzie Redd]
This is a story about a friend real close to me
Through high school, junior high, elementary
We stuck together like Siamese twins
I loved him, he was my best friend
But anyway he left for someone and then he came back
But something was different, he was hooked on crack
And when I asked, he thought I was joking
He laughed and said he wasn't smoking
So one day he came over and fell asleep
I kind of stood over him real quietly
I couldn't believe it happened to the
Until I heard him saying this in his dream

[Hook:]
I am a dope fiend and I need drugs
I just bought it from Chico (Yo, man, who's that?) the neighborhood thug
You're telling me to stop but I say "Go"
I am a dope fiend and oh
I need mo', I need mo'
[Verse 2: Jazzie Redd]
I told him, "Man, you need some help"
But you can't help anyone who won't help them self
They don't want to go to double A
'Cause all they do is watch films all day
About drugs, and what it does to your body
Heroin comes from China so I guess it knows karate
So what else can I say?
You're losing 30 pounds a day, and hey
You think that's funny, you blame it on the slim fast
But that slim fast, is kicking your ass
Now who in the world you gonna blame?
Me? Your parents? You put yourself on the cocaine
You say you're gonna quit, yeah right
I seen you sneaking off to the rock house last night
True enough I'm still your friend
He went to sleep and he said this again

[Hook:]
I am a dope fiend and that's a rock house
And that's my dope bucket, you go put-put-putting about
You're telling me to stop, but I say "Go"
Cause I am a dope fiend and oh
I can't help myself, I need mo'

[Verse 3: Jazzie Redd]
A week later after we had this talk
He died, in a cross walk
But what I couldn't understand
He had a bullet in his chest and a pipe in his hand
It's kind of sad when you think about it
But I'm glad, that we talked about it
And I wonder to this very day
If my boy could see me, what would he say?