I had a dream the other night, and I
I'm respected in Turkey and I'm legal in Siam
I can make a mere schoolboy forget his books
Hear now young man and woman, I'll be waitin' at the gate
This is a revolution of the mind
Standin' up talkin' to the people
That deadly drug that go in your veins
Six days of madness, you might throw me off
I can make the most virile of men forget their sex
I can make a man forsake his country and flag
That's the man
My little white grains are nothin' but waste
I came to this country without a passport
To keep up your habit until your arrest
But you'd pick me up right no if I were in your reach
Send a greedy man to prison for the rest of his life
So now, no, my man, you must, you know, do your best
Now, you must lie in that county jail
But I'll put a gun in your hand and make you kill
I wanna talk to you about one of our
So, be you Italian, Jewish, Black or Mex
All through your sentence you've become resolved to your fate
Then they search for a vein in their arm or their leg
Will ride you to Hell until you are dead
This is James Brown
Behold, you're hooked, your foot is in the stirrup
Dead, brother, dead
Use me once and you'll know it, too
For the white horse of heroin will ride you to Hell, to Hell
Curse me in name, defy me in speech
Make a girl sell her body for a five-dollar bag
I'm financed in China, ran in Japan
To heads of state and children at play
Some think my adventure's a joy and a thrill
Get your mind together
In cellophane bags, I've found my way
Now the police have taken you from under my wing
Was sittin' in my living room
Where I can't get to you by visit or mail
And don't be afraid, don't run, I'm not chased
I can make a world-famous beauty neglect her looks
Do you think they dare defy me, I who am king
And make, haste, mount the steed and ride him well
So squirm, with discomfort, wiggle and cough
Sure my name is Heroin, you'll be back for a taste
So I start to dreamin'
Ever since then I've been hunted and sought
I dreamed I walked in a place and
I saw a real strange, weird object
Soft and deadly and bitter to taste
Dozed off to sleep
He says
And get away from drugs
And I found out it was heroin
Most deadly, killers in the country today
I can make a good man forsake his wife
I'm a world of power and all know it's true
I take my addicts and make 'em steal, borrow, beg
Lady Americans
