It Was Hidden: 10 Subliminal Hip-Hop And R&B Drug Songs

The topic of drugs in song lyrics has been around almost as long as music itself.

Over the years artists have gotten more creative about how they revel about illicit substances in their lines.

Using personification techniques, many artists have bypassed straightforward route (Bone Thugz N Harmony, “Buddah Lovers”) for a craftier angle (D’Angelo, “Brown Sugar”).

Here are 10 songs about mind-altering substances that were cleverly covered up as something else by the artists who performed them.

Mayer Hawthorne – “Green Eyed Love”

Drug: Absinthe

Cover: A green-eyed lover

Paraphernalia: “My green-eyed love, we’ll watch the clouds from above, come on, lift me up.”

Jay-Z – “I Know”

Drug: Heroin

Cover: Man fling

Paraphernalia: “Cold sweats occur, when I’m not with her, my presence is a must.”

Slim Thug – “Miss Mary”

Drug: Weed

Cover: A female named Mary

Paraphernalia: “I hold you close to me late at night, face to face we meet and greet and everything’s alright, you nothing less than a dime when you’re in my sight.”

USDA – “White Girl”

Drug: Cocaine

Cover: A Caucasian woman

Paraphernalia: “Half a brick on the seat, you can call that Sally.”

Do or Die featuring Kanye West – “Higher”

Drug: Weed

Cover: A female

Paraphernalia: “Let me kiss your lips Dronita.”

50 Cent – “A Baltimore Love Thing”

Drug: Heroin

Cover: Intrusive boyfriend

Paraphernalia: “Let’s make a date, promise me you’ll come and see me, even if it means you’ll have to sell your mamma’s TV.”