[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 d**
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 d**, 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 a**
Now who in the world you gonna blame?
Me? Your parents? You put yourself on the c**aine
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?