Paranoid
Afroman Lyrics

Teaspoon! Come here, come here, hey, hey, hey look
Addressing someone named Teaspoon and calling them over

Hey go get me two pounds of bud and two ounces of yay
Asking Teaspoon to get a specific amount of drugs

Muthafuckaz at mah house waitin' right now 'cause
Implying that there are people waiting for the drugs at his house

How long can sell?
Wondering how long he can continue to sell drugs before getting caught

Before I have to go to jail
Before being arrested and sent to jail for dealing drugs

Can I possibly get real?
Asking if it's possible to be true to himself amidst the lies of his drug dealing life

Before somebody go and snitch
Before someone reports him to the authorities about his illegal activities

I'm so paranoid, stressed, stressed, paranoid, paranoid
Feeling extremely anxious and paranoid about getting caught

One false move, I can be destroyed
One mistake could ruin everything for him

I avoid the cops, I use a decoy
Avoiding the police by using someone else as a cover

See my motherfuckin' driver, he's a white boy
Pointing out that he has a white driver to avoid being suspected by authorities

All my life I did nothin' but dealin'
Stating that he has been dealing drugs his entire life

Learned to rely on my gut feelin'
Trusting his instincts as a dealer to continue his operation

Yo name is what? What? I know you from where? Where?
Questioning someone he suspects may be suspicious or an undercover cop

I don't mean to seem vicious but you look suspicious
Telling someone that they look suspicious and may be under investigation

Stop talking 'bout drugs on the telephone
Advising others to stop discussing drugs over the phone to avoid being caught

Stop walking with a bunch of thugs to my home
Asking people to stop walking to his house in an attempt to avoid bringing police attention to his operation

Stop fuckin' up, call me before you come
Requesting that people let him know before they come over to his house

Stop telling these bitches where you got it from
Advising people to keep the source of their drugs to themselves to avoid getting in trouble

As I bail down the street with my khakis creased
Describing himself running away from the police

Everybody looking at me look like the police
Feeling paranoid that everyone he sees is an undercover cop

Havin' conversations with my gang assailants
Talking with people who are part of his gang or drug dealing circle

Do you think, we under police surveillance?
Wondering if their group is currently under surveillance by the police

Asking questions giving suggestions
Talking to others and making suggestions or asking questions while hiding his real intentions

Pulling Smith an' Wessons on strange pedestrians
Carrying guns and intimidating random people who he thinks may be a threat to his operation

Cookin' crack up, dollar bills stacked up
Describing the process of making drugs and the money he is making from selling them

Hope the cops don't backup, here they come man
Feeling nervous that the police may come and discover his drug operation

Twinkle twinkle little little star
Referencing the famous nursery rhyme about a little star in the sky

That looks like a police car
Feeling paranoid that any car he sees may be an undercover police vehicle

Shining on my dope spot
Spotting what he believes to be police lights near his drug operation

A police raid, I hope not
Worried that the police may have come to discover his drug operation

Cops chase me, through the hood
Being chased by the police through his neighborhood

Straight in to the woods camera
Hoping to run to the woods and avoid being caught by police cameras

Fly like lepord's
Running very fast in an attempt to escape the police

I hear, German Shepards
Hearing dogs that are trained to help the police track people down

Freeze, hold it right there
Being told to stop by the police and not move any further

Drug dealers, nightmare
Feeling like being a drug dealer is a nightmare and not worth getting caught

Busted crack, criminal court
Being punished for being caught with drugs and having to go to criminal court

No black support
Feeling that the system is not fair to people of color

Handcuffs very tight, Baptist jury all white
Being arrested and going to trial with all-white jurors

They could never be my peers, sentence me twenty years
Feeling like the jury cannot relate to him and being given a harsh sentence of 20 years in prison

This rap so damn real, I'm glad I gotta record deal
Finding solace in his recording contract, and appreciating being able to express his realistic experiences as a drug dealer through his music

If I don't sell a mill, this could, could happen still
Stating that he is making money from his music, which is a bright outlook, but if he doesn't get more popular, he may need to return to drug dealing someday

Hey, who is that, who is that man?
Noticing someone he doesn't know and questioning their intentions

See you all fuckin' up, I got these looks
Disapproving of someone's actions and judging them for being careless

Yo man little rich kids comin' over here
Noticing that some rich kids are coming over to his place to buy drugs

That's what I'm saying now
Agreeing with what he just said