▁at ▁the ▁Kar ls ru he ▁University ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Design . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 6 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : R oman ian ▁writers ▁Category : R oman ian ▁novel ists ▁Category : R oman ian ▁male ▁novel ists ▁Category : L iving ▁people <0x0A> </s> ▁" B ecause ▁I ▁Got ▁High " ▁is ▁a ▁song ▁by ▁American ▁ra pper ▁A from an ▁from ▁his ▁e pon ym ous ▁album . ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁describe ▁how ▁can nab is ▁use ▁is ▁de grad ing ▁the ▁narr ator ' s ▁quality ▁of ▁life . ▁The ▁song , ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁minutes , ▁rose ▁from ▁obsc urity ▁to ▁popular ity ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁circul ated ▁around ▁the ▁Internet ▁and ▁was ▁featured ▁on ▁The ▁Howard ▁Stern ▁Show . ▁ ▁Over view ▁The ▁song ▁explains ▁how ▁the ▁narr ator ▁has ▁forgotten ▁to ▁clean ▁his ▁room , ▁failed ▁his ▁college ▁class ▁( which ▁he ▁plans ▁to ▁take ▁next ▁sem ester ), ▁sold ▁k ush ▁( after ▁losing ▁his ▁job ), ▁missed ▁court ▁dates , ▁had ▁his ▁pay check ▁g arn ished ▁due ▁to ▁missed ▁child ▁support ▁pay ments , ▁gam bled ▁away ▁his ▁car ▁payment , ▁became ▁a ▁par ap leg ic ▁as ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁a ▁police ▁ch ase , ▁lost ▁his ▁family ▁( including ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁children ), ▁had ▁ru ined ▁his ▁" ent ire ▁life ", ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁hom eless ▁" because ▁[ he ] ▁got ▁high " ▁– ▁he ▁ultimately