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Opie Don'T Do Crack

Opie woke up feeling right today, got a good nod in Everything was copacetic okay Heard on the news there was a crisis he should know about, as he wiped the spittle drooling down from his mouth Emergency in the suburbs: Opioid deaths on the rise He always woke up the next day from a death dangle the previous night So the rail thin fella just smiled, because he felt like Superman holding anti-Kryptonite in his hand Opie knew he had his lucky charm, a mantra that warded off any overdose attack: Opie said he ain’t no coke dopefiend, Opie said he don't do crazy ... Opie don’t do crack He’s a middle-class snob junkie, he don’t steal for his drugs Opie got a good job, and a ring of friends with the same junkie love Opie boasts that he’s a heroin man, a surgeon with the syringe He can stretch your high out a mile long, make the needle sing you a lullaby Valium song Opie never misses the mark when he plunges the pusher poison in Opie just floats back, riding mellow on the narcotic wind Opie was the headline on the local news that day Powerful Fentanyl was the culprit his friends say They say Opie died with a smile, sucking down the synthetic smack Opie died foolish proud ... Opie didn’t do crack