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On the outs I lace up, the world I face up
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To score on anybody, its war on everybody
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The new guys come in blood shot between the eyes
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As long as their sellin that merchandise
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And one what goes in don't come back
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The color may be green but its also black
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And red I know many heads that spent bloodshed
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Cursed in converses, dead in Pro Keds
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Now every Tom, Dick, Harry or Joe Smith
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Skip the spauldings, pony's, and k-swiss
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High school and college coaches gettin
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Kickbacks from scholarships and them slave ships
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Hey Dr. J where you got those moves
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Was it gettin high in the schools
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Can it be the shoes?
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Truth is truth, I tear the fuckin roof off the house
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Expose them foes with my mouth
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I see corporate hands up in foreign lands
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With the man behind the man gettin paid behind the man
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I hold the rocket stop the hand in my pocket
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200 a pair but I'm addicted to the gear
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They'll make me do things on the court to amaze ya
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I heard they make em for a buck 8 in Asia
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They came a long way baby since
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Clyde Frazier had pumas, pullin mad consumers
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Them Filas I'm feelin but I cant touch the ceiling
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Them New Balance hits 120 million
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The last thing I need is Adidas terminatin my contract
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For wearing those old pair of wack
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Reebok low tops covered up by floppy socks
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Gave me a jump shot before I got jumped and shot
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Duckin a word from my sponsor
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Trying to end my year like Kwaanza
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Been paid since the 8th grade
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11th grader, pop the champagne
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12th grade start the campaign
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Gettin fame sign my name in the dotted frame
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Nike got me pullin re's and g's
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Shit, I can get shot for these
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Please god give me 20 more years on these knees
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To maintain without this game I gotta do keys
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And I don't wanna go there because its fuckin everywhere
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Factories wanna be me kids wanna see me
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Behind the wheels and endorsement deals
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Its the politics and the tricks behind the kicks
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Politics of the Sneaker Pimps
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| Public Enemy |
