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* TakeThat: Most of ''Lemon Pound Cake'' is a ''massive'' one to the [[DirtyCop Adam's County Police Department]], who raided his house over false pretenses. The title song is about one who had the gall to steal a piece of cake from him while searching his house. [[DirtyCoward They also tried to take his music videos down which featured footage of the raid.]]

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* AnythingThatMoves: Afroman will have sex with anything as long as it's female.


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* ReallyGetsAround: Afroman will have sex with (almost) any woman. The second verse of "Crazy Rap" is basically a long list of ladies he's bedded.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In "Because I Got High:"
-->''I was gonna make love to you, but then I got high\\
I was gonna eat your pussy too, but then I got high\\
Now I'm jacking off! ''[[[{{Corpsing}} starts cracking up]]]'' And I know why''
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* DirtyCop: After his house got raided by the police (who had a warrant falsely accusing him of drug trafficking and kidnapping), Afroman wrote the songs "Will You Help Me Repair My Door?", "Lemon Pound Cake", and "Why You Disconnecting My Video Camera?", whose lyrics are about how corrupt and inept the officers involved in the raid must be.
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* BawdySong: "Crazy Rap" has Afroman telling his friends about various sexual encounters he's had, while they smoke weed.
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* AddledAddict: "Because I Got High" isn't exactly ''celebrating'' cannabis usage, let's put it that way.

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* AddledAddict: "Because I Got High" isn't exactly ''celebrating'' cannabis usage, let's put it that way. It's subverted in the Positive Remix, though.
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* AddledAddict: "Because I Got High" isn't exactly ''celebrating'' cannabis usage, let's put it that way.
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Afroman is the stage name of Joseph Edgar Foreman, a Los Angeles-born, Mississippi-based rapper known for his songs "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap".

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Afroman [[http://afromanofficial.com Afroman]] is the stage name of Joseph Edgar Foreman, a Los Angeles-born, Mississippi-based rapper known for his songs "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap".
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Now [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife my life is ruined]], and I know why\\

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Now [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife my life is ruined]], and I know why\\
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* AddictionDisplacement: In the Positive Remix of "Because I Got High," Afroman talks about how he used to smoke tobacco and drink alcohol before he found cannabis to be a better alternative to both.



* DrugsAreGood: Drugs initially appear cool in "Because I got High". Subverted because it's about a man losing control of his life because of drug abuse.

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* CitizenshipMarriage: In "Crazy Rap," Afroman has a brief fling with a Mexican immigrant named Maria, but is unable to afford marrying her so she can stay in the country.
-->''She wanted to get married, but I couldn't afford it\\
I know I'm gonna cry when she gets deported''
* ADateWithRosiePalms: In "Because I Got High:"
-->''I was gonna make love to you, but then I got high\\
I was gonna eat your pussy too, but then I got high\\
Now I'm jacking off! ''[[[{{Corpsing}} starts cracking up]]]'' And I know why''
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: "Crazy Rap" has Afroman shack up with a white woman whose father happens to be the leader of the KKK. Said father comes home and is not pleased in the least when he finds out.
* DrugsAreBad: "Because I Got High" is all about how one man's life was ruined by his inability to stop smoking weed.
-->''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 the sidewalk and I know why\\
(Why, man?)\\
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high''
* DrugsAreGood: Drugs initially appear cool in The positive remix of "Because I got High". Subverted because it's about a man losing control of his Got High" lists all the ways marijuana has positively affected both the singer's life because of drug abuse.and society as a whole.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The Klan leader shows Afroman no mercy when he catches him.
-->''He beat me to the left, he beat me to the right\\
That motherfucker whooped my ass all night''



* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His afro grew thanks to him having sex with the daughter of a Klansman.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His afro grew thanks UnsettlingGenderReveal: In "Crazy Rap," Afroman was looking forward to him having sex with a woman from Hollywood until she "whooped out a dick that was bigger than mine."
* WorthIt: In "Crazy Rap," Afroman has just banged
the daughter of the local KKK leader, gets caught by said Klansman, and suffers a Klansman.
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-->''I ain't mad at her prejudiced dad\\
'Cuz that's the best damn pussy I ever had!''
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-->[[TheStinger I wasn't gonna go on TV Tropes]], but then I got high\\
I wasn't gonna repeat those memes and jokes, but then I got high\\
Now [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife my life is ruined]], and I know why\\
(Why, man?)\\
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
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* TriumphantReprise: Advocates for marijuana legalization got Afroman to write a version of "Because I Got High" in 2014 that highlighted the ''benefits'' of marijuana.

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'''Afroman''' is the stage name of '''Joseph Edgar Foreman''', a Los Angeles-born, Mississippi-based rapper known for his songs "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap".

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Afroman
is the stage name of '''Joseph Joseph Edgar Foreman''', Foreman, a Los Angeles-born, Mississippi-based rapper known for his songs "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap".



* DrugsAreGood
** Subverted in "Because I got High", which about a man losing control of his life because of drug abuse.

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* DrugsAreGood
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DrugsAreGood: Drugs initially appear cool in "Because I got High", which High". Subverted because it's about a man losing control of his life because of drug abuse.



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** Subverted in "Because I got High", which about a man losing control of his life because of drug abuse.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His afro grew thanks to him having sex with many ladies.

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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His afro grew thanks to him having sex with many ladies.
the daughter of a Klansman.
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'''Afroman''' is the stage name of '''Joseph Edgar Foreman''', a Los Angeles-born, Mississippi-based rapper known for his songs "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap".

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* AnythingThatMoves: Afroman will have sex with anything as long as it's female.
* DrugsAreGood
* TheKlan: Afroman runs into the leader of a Klan branch in "Crazy Rap".
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His afro grew thanks to him having sex with many ladies.

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