Kodak Black has expressed regret over his line about wilfully swallowing a fake Percocet on his hit single “Super Gremlin.”
Footage surfaced on Friday (June 28) showing the Florida rapper lamenting the controversial lyric (which goes: “I knew the Perc was fake, but I still ate it/ ‘Cause I’m a gremlin”) while addressing fans during a concert.
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Explaining his mindset while writing the rhyme, he said: “It’s sad, though, bruh ’cause I’m like, ‘That shit gon’ park in the mind so quick.’ I’m like, ‘Damn, I don’t wanna say this shit, but I know this bitch gonna do it, homie.’ A n-gga don’t play like that, bruh.
“When I was in my stage when I was taking Percs, I was torn. I swear to God, I was taking about 100 Percs a day. Averaged about [40 [a day]. If I was fucking with that fake shit, I woulda been dead, homie.”
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He added: “Explaining myself now, I don’t want y’all to hear that and take that and think it’s ok to do that shit, you hear me? Hell no.”
While Kodak acknowledges the health risks associated with ingesting fake drugs, the lyric did no harm to his career as “Super Gremlin” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since been certified platinum.
Kodak Black says he regrets saying the fake perc line in Super Gremlins:
“I was chewing 100 percs a day, if them shits was fake i would’ve been dead” pic.twitter.com/2olG3phedt
— No Jumper (@nojumper) June 28, 2024
The 27-year-old rapper opened up about his Percocet addition on Instagram Live last year, revealing he began taking the pain medication while recovering from being shot in the leg in 2022.
“I’ll tell God himself I do Percs and shit like that, but them was my medicine prescribed to me,” he said. “Even before I got shot and I had got prescribed to them again, I could say that I had started damn abusing [them].”
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Yak also revealed that he was working on getting himself clean and had spent $350,000 on rehab.
“I’m working on myself. I’m working right now, homie,” he continued. “I paid $350,000 and shit to get clean and get better […] I’ve done went to rehab by myself without the court having to tell me to do that.
“Just me wanting to better myself. I got children, homie, and I have to be here for them. I never have enough time on the streets to even be no junkie.”
Kodak appears to have kicked his habit and recently said that he’s the “happiest” he’s ever been after becoming sober.
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“I remember a point in my life when I was chewing a lot of Percs,” he said during a separate IG Live in April. “Bro, I’m proud of myself. I’ve never been this happy in my life, bro. I don’t know where this came from, what the fuck going on.
“I ain’t even going to say I’m anti-Perc. Like, I never took a Perc since I been home. But bro, my dosage so low that I can’t believe it myself. Man, I’m telling y’all, bro.”
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He added: “Before I just went to jail, bro, I was taking… I can talk about this because it’s my testimony. Ain’t no shame in my shit. I was taking at least 100 Percs. Bro, my average was 40 Percocets.
“I’m telling y’all this, man, to the point where I look at this shit and be like, ‘What the fuck was wrong with me, bruh?’ I listen to my music and be like, ‘Bro, what the fuck, fam?'”
