I Was a Black Man and I Lost My Job

I fell for any line that was nice and sweet. I tried hanging a rope around the water pipe and putting my neck in the noose. We'd get high and sell joints and nickel bags, right all night long. One day i saw a friend stick herself with one of those needles, and i saw how she got hooked. She was 31 and i was 19. He didn't let on to me that he was a pimp, and i was too dumb to realize it. After that, i took an overdose of speed and had to be rushed to general hospital to have my stomach pumped.