Two similar songs which celebrate cocaine, but also acknowledge that it'll get you in the end. I think cocaine songs were more common when the drug was legal. Take a Whiff on Me - Leadbelly Walked up Ellum and I come down Main Tryin' to bum a nickle, just to buy cocaine Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. (Cho): Take a whiff on me, take a whiff on me And everybody, take a whiff on me. Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. Went to Mr. Lehman's on a lope Sign in the window said: "No more coke". Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. (Cho): Goin' up State Street, comin' down Main Lookin' for the woman that uses cocaine. Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. (Cho): I'se got a nickle, you'se got a dime... You buy the coke and I'll buy the wine. Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. (Cho): The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice Takes a brown-skinned woman, for my particular use. Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. (Cho): Cocaine's for horses and not for men Doctors sat t'will kill you but they don't say when. Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. (Cho): Whiff-a-ree and whiff-a-rye Gonna keep on a whiffin' boys, 'till I die. Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. Tell it to Me Well I'm ridin' down Fifth Street, I'm comin' down Main I tried to bum a nickel for to buy cocaine Cocaine's gonna kill my honey dead Chorus: Now won't you tell it to me Tell it to me Drink the corn liquor let the cocaine be Cocaine's gonna kill my honey dead I sniff cocaine before I die I'd be sniffin' cocaine if it took my life Cocaine's gonna kill my honey dead (Chorus) Now I sniff cocaine, I sniff it in the wind The doc he says it'll kill me but he can't say when Cocaine's gonna kill my honey dead (Chorus) All them rounders that think they're tough But they feed their women on the beer and the snuff Cocaine's gonna kill my honey dead Some more recent examples: top 10 cocaine songs of all time (apparently)
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