When I come home from work, I'm fiendin for an eight-ball
I got crack on my mind, I'm hearin cocaine call
Telling me to beep the dealer to deliver me stuff
Keep it a secret from my wife, cause she thinks I don't use drugs
There I was, bleedin from my nose and damn
I couldn't breathe but I'm still thinkin about the next gram
It's Friday night, I'm not trying to leave my crib doped
I'll kill myself while the dealer's eating Japanese food
I ain't got no pride, I'm buyin this shit
I'm lying to myself telling the runner I'm trying to quit
It's all make believe, I pretend that I'm true
When you give me credit, I'm dodging you every chance that I get to
Even if it's good, I'll sniff it up in a minute
Beep you back complain that you put too much cut in it
If you fall for that - and bring me a new sack
I'll be making more crazy faces than Jim Carrey on crack
Cause yo I'm ripped, I owe you loot, plus I annoy you
I deserve to be murdered, but the coke is doing it for you
I got nerve, can you put them pills on my bill?
Yo I'll you we're friends and yo we don't even chill
I need drugs

I need drugs

Baking soda, cocaine, how sweet
I need to find me a crack pipe and I'm complete
I got these crack dealers chasing me through the cement jungle
'cause they gave me shit to sell and yo I smoked the whole bundle
Yo I can't front - I got dope in my spleen
And I'm telling everyone at this N.A. meeting I'm thirty days clean
I won't die even with tuberculosis
I could go on forever mixing dope with my method dosage
You could find me at Brighton Beach or Coney Island
Or Rikers Island
My crack pipe is my violin
I play along to the police siren
My eyes squint looking for crack on the floor
picking up breadcrumbs and lint
I don't know who I am, ask me I couldn't say
I took a chance and tried to get clean and it lasted one day
Tried to go to rehab too but couldn't get admitted
And if there's money missing from your pocketbook you know who did it
I need drugs

I need drugs

As a young teen I started with marijuana
Then graduated to coke 'cause I needed something stronger
Mescaline, dust, downers, injections sensation
I love to experience a patient's medication
I smoked the drugs off the back of my hands
All I need is a hit of it and I'll create a new dance
Protect yourself, baby cover yourself up
My body swings all over once my seizure erupts
Into a frenzy, on the phone I got thirty sack
But when we meet face-to-face, I got ten dollars less
Made up my mind, I'm quittin' I'm swearing in tears
I'm not gonna get high, I'll only drink bizz
Can't sit and wait for my dealer to come provide it
Gotta party to go to and I'm the only one invited
I search the entire house for the damn white mouse
And when I finally find it, I'll sniff the whole ounce
I need drugs

I need drugs

Dealer, listen to me
When I come home from work
Fiendin' for an eight-ball
Nose candy on my mind
I've come to realize, you need me
And if you want me to keep coppin'
Give me a free piece
It's my birthday
Yesterday
Anyway
I'm gonna go sniff this
I'll beep you in an hour
I hate you


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I Need Drugs Lyrics as written by Sal Gallegos Wesley Eisold

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    i can so relate to this song

    Lynetteon June 24, 2003   Link
  • +1
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    CHECK OUT THE MUHFUGGIN VIDEO!!!!!!!

    EastSideNinjaon February 13, 2005   Link
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    "My crack pipe is my violin I play along to the police siren"

    haha. great fucking line.

    oxycontinon September 08, 2005   Link
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    Love this song. It's kind of eerie though. Spooky. It kind of shows how dirty drug addicts can love their lifestyle because they get high all day and nothing else. Oh and btw the main guy in the video is actuall Ill Bill's uncle...or necro's not sure. look on youtube at the making of the video. it's fuckin hilarious

    convinceon April 15, 2009   Link
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    "When you give me credit, I'm dodging you every chance that I get "

    should be "...I'll dodge you every chance that I get to"

    "I could go on forever mixing dope with my method dosage"

    should be "I could go on forever mixing dope with my methadone dosage".

    Venadiumon June 06, 2003   Link
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    yeah the video is great, espescially uncle howie jokin about fuckin his sleepy friend in the ass, and when he flips out at the camera guy for being a dumbass.

    shenmue4lifeon May 24, 2006   Link
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    The video to this is so funny, Necro is great, funny guy!

    racheldelon July 04, 2006   Link
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    u know this is hilarious..the video too..but only cux they are the lowest life forms who ever even as so much resembled the scientificly noted homo sapien...but hey..i can relate..to an extent!

    Ciyaak Boyon June 06, 2007   Link
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    Basic Song Meaning: He needs drugs

    convinceon March 23, 2010   Link

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