Ya know I dun been to jail for a lot of stupid shit. and when you go to jail for a lot of stupid shit, you try not to go back and...I ya know i take precaution ya know however, sometimes you can take too much precaution to the point where it gets ridiculous... oh man
Each day at my dope spot, i watch him as he passes by I say to myself, he looks like the FBI A white man like him (White man like him?,) what is he doing over here? i wonder, what does he want then he asked me "you gotta light, you wanna help me smoke this blunt?"
(chorus) It was just my paranoia, hey heyyey runnin away with me yea It was just my paranoia runnin away
Down on my luck couldn't fine no job id rather sell dope than rob, why squab? I know i cant do it forever so uh ima do it quick and clever, however Drinkin' malt liquor, smokin endo Two cops ran pass my window Its a raid, uh thats what i assume I flushed two ounces in the bathroom I ran out the back Before they could find me come to find out, they raided the house behind me yea man they went through my back yard hopped over the fence..anyway
(chorus) It was just my paranoia, hey heyy runnin away with me yea It was just my paranoia runnin away, ah yea
Im tellin you man, your paranoia can get to you i remember i use to trip everything, know what ima sayin I'd be chillin wit the hom...we'd be goin off man you know what i hate though i hate them late model cars dawg on it look like vice wit all those attenas on it paranoid, i use to sell yayo man trippin on the telephone and the mail man Treat custom mugs like compulsive liars raise they shirt and check for wires I got a little money, but i need a little more damn, somebody's knockin at my front door some guy in a shirt and tie is it homacide or FBI does he have a warrant for Joseph Foreman? oh your a moreman?
(chorus) It was just my paranoia, hey heyy runnin away with me yea It was just my paranoia runnin away
hey man, you know where my paranoia really get me at man? when im walkin through the mall or shoppin everybody be lookin like undercovers cause they be starin and I don't be knowin, ya know what im sayin I hate sellin dope, I think about stoppin Undercover cops follow me while im shoppin Trackin me, wit a hidden camera plottin to through me back in the slamma they think I dont see em but yes i do, they some haters actin like they pickin tomatas I'm ready, for a quick decision keep em, I'm my peripheral vision i see em in the airport, plain and clear street clothes with that little wire in they ear they rush me, shake my hand im your biggest fan sign this for me Afroman
(chorus x2) It was just my paranoia, hey heyy runnin away with me yea It was just my paranoia runnin away
ya know, I wrote a hit song "because I got high" signed with universal now my bank accounts dry Universal Records yea mon took my money like enron broken along, things got hard however, it brought me close to god I changed my life and became a christian singer, rapper and musician I've been high, I've been low I've been rich, I've been poo I've been right, I've been wrong since I been wit god, my paranoia's gone
(new chorus x2 fades) No more paranoia hey hey runnin away wit me yea i have no more paranoia runnin away runnin away