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I thought about it, I said, "Now listen, should I talk about
Freebasing or something?" And people say, "Well, no, because then
People will start doing it." No, let me, I gotta talk about what
Happened to me on freebasing. Freebasing, I freebased about eight
Months straight. My bitch left me and I went crazy. But I fell in
Love with this pipe. This pipe controlled my very being. This
Motherfucker say, "Don't answer the phone. We have smoking to do."
All the pipe is talking about, "Now come on, don't put me down
Anywhere where I might fall. 'Cause it's two in the morning and it's
Hard to get one of me." And when I first did it, I knew it was gonna
Fuck me up, but I had to do it. I just had to be hip. This
Motherfucker said, "You ever tried this, Richard?" This motherfucker
Said he gonna string me out. This is a dope dealer that need me to
Get hooked so he can get some freebase. You know what I mean? This
Dude, he just used to snort a little coke like this, go... I saw him
And I said, "What's wrong with you?" This motherfucker was talking
About, "Have you ever freebased?" I said, "What?" "Freebase." He told
Me he saw Jesus. I said, "Well, okay." And he said, "You do it and
Women will do it." And that's how he got me. Women will fuck. Said
"Give some to your old lady, she'll fuck." I should have known if
It's my old lady, naturally she gonna fuck. I forgot. I thought I was
Tricking somebody that was giving me pussy. It started out innocently
Enough. You know, every now and then, little base. "No, no, no." You
Know, that's what he said. "No, I don't want no base. Fuck it, man."
Then pretty soon I noticed I wasn't walking as far away from the pipe
As I used to. 'Cause I used to walk, I'd put the pipe down and go, "
Ha, fuck, hey." I'd be all out in here and shit. Then motherfuckers
That you used to share with, you go, "Hey, ain't you got none of your
Own shit?" I was out one night and we was doing it and a woman said
"The fire doesn't last long enough." And we kept trying to get it
I said, "What kind of fire do you want?" And the dude said, "The kind
That lasts forever." I'm just telling you about the junkie I was and
I didn't know it. I kept saying, "I can quit any time I want to."
Finally one day myself said, "When?" I said, "I thought you liked me
You gonna ask me that?" And I don't give a fuck when you're a junkie
You will not admit it. You will find excuses to smoke or shoot up
Or something. You'll be, "Hey, look." "Richard, you gotta go to work
" "Hey, I don't like the way you said that. Fuck it, I ain't going
To motherfucking work." And you go in the room, you lay down and say
"You understand, don't you?" Then after a while you start sneaking
Around. 'Cause I have parents. I did at this time. My aunties and
Shit was still alive and they loved me, but they wouldn't say nothing
To me that was like obvious. They say shit like, "Oh, you a chemist
Huh, son? Now can you move that so we can fix the greens? No, baby
You ain't no junkie. No, Lord, mm-mm." And it's weird because nobody
Can talk you out of doing shit when you done made up your mind to
Hurt yourself. Right? Because like I'm talking about base night and
Some people going, "Yeah, I gotta get home to get my shit." 'Cause
I would be out and think of an excuse to get home. I would be at
The bank cashing a check and the motherfucker say, "We have to
Certify..." "Never mind. Fuck it." I'd go in the car, I'd be like
. And the pipe say, "You know you're right." So then it get desperate
When the shit get gloomy, when you been in the room four weeks and
Jim Brown have to visit. And Jim, of all my friends who came and
Said, "Don't do that, but give me a hit." My friend, they tried
Listen, I was doing so much, I embarrassed cocaine dealers. They
Would say, "Richard, man, goddamn. Oh man, come on, shit
Look. Why don't you just snort this shit, man?" I said, "
Okay, yeah, I'll just snort it. I'll just..." "Well, how much
You want?" "A kilo. Just for the weekend." So Jim got wind of
The shit. He come in the house and I get scared when I hear
He come in the driveway. The bell ring, go and say, "Who is it?
" "Jim Brown." "Oh, shit." Not the physical, just the mental
You know, 'cause he love me, I know
This motherfucker ain't goin' for this
So I'm sittin', I'm gon' show off him
I'm gon' do it in front of him, fuck it
Jim come in and say, "You wanna go roller skating?"
"Where the bathroom?"
I said, "Wait, you want some?"
"No, what is it?"
"Freebase"
"What's free about it?"
Now wait, Jim was cold, Jim said, "What you gon' do?"
I said, "What? Nothin', man, I ain't goin' nowhere tonight"
"No, I mean what you gon' do?"
"About what?"
"About that"
"See, you ain't no movie star to me, motherfucker
All these other fools come in here, but I ain't scared of you
You know what I mean? What you gon' do?"
"What you mean, yo?"
"You gon' go to the hospital with me and get well or what?"
"Why is everybody tryin' to ruin my life?
I don't put you down for liftin' weights"
"Fuck all that, what you gon' do?"
And Jim said, "Well, man, I guess you don't want me for a friend"
"Huh?"
"I said I guess you don't want me for a friend, motherfucker
If I can't tell you nothin', fuck it
I don't wanna see you destroy yourself