King Heroin

 

I came to this country without a passport

Ever since then I've been hunted and sought

My little white grains are nothing but waste

Soft and deadly, and bitter to taste

But I'm a world of power and all know it's true

Use me once and you'll know it, too

 

I can make a mere schoolboy forget his books

I can make a world-famous beauty neglect her looks

I can make a good man forsake his wife

Send a greedy man to prison for the rest of his life

I can make a man forsake his country and flag

Make a girl sell her body for a five-dollar bag

 

Some think my adventure's a joy and a thriller

But I'll put a gun in your hand and make you a killer

In cellophane bags I've found my way

To heads of state, to children at play

I'm financed in China, Iran, Japan

I'm respected in Turkey and I'm legal in Siam

 

I take my addicts and make 'em steal, borrow, beg

Then they search for a vein in the arm or the leg

So be you Italian, Jewish, Black, or Mex

I can make the most virile of men forget their sex

 

So now... So now, my man, you must... You know, do your best

To keep up your habit until your arrest

Now the police have taken you from under my wing

Do you think they dare defy me? I, who am king?

 

Now, you must lie in that county jail

Where I can't get to you by visit or mail

So squirm with discomfort, wiggle and cough

Six days of madness and you might throw me off

Curse me in name, defy me in speech

But you'd pick me up right now if I were in your reach

 

All through your sentence you've become resolved to your fate

Fear not, young man or woman... I'll be waiting at the gate

And don't be afraid, don't run... I'll not chase

Sure, my name is Heroin and you'll be back for a taste

Behold! You're hooked

 

Your foot is in the stirrup

And make haste, mount the steed, and ride him well

For the white horse of heroin will ride you to Hell

 

To Hell

Will ride you to Hell until you are dead

Dead, brother... Dead!

This is a revolution of the mind

Get your mind together

And get away from drugs!

That's the man

(King Herion - James Brown)

 

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