Politics Of The Sneaker Pimps

"Jesus is the best thing to happen

To the game since the tennis shoe was invented"

On the outs I lace up, the world I face up

To score on anybody, it's war on everybody

The new guys come in bloodshot between the eyes

As long as they sellin' that merchandise

Air One, what goes in, don't come back

The color might be green, but it's also black

And red I know many heads that spent bloodshed

Cursed in Converses, dead in Pro Ked's

Now every Tom, Dick, Harry, or Joe Smith

Skip the Spaulding's, Pony's, and K-Swiss

High school and college coaches

Gettin' dollars with kickbacks and scholarships, them slave ships

Converses for the pro's, kids with Fila's

Reebok, Nike's, New Balance, my Adidas

And part of that clique, spendin' all the cheddar on kicks

BS in the politics

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Hey, Dr. J, where you got those moves?

Was it gettin' high in the school? Can it be the shoes?

Truth is truth, I tear the fuckin' roof off the house

Expose them foes with my mouth

I see corporate hands up in foreign lands

With the man behind the man gettin' paid behind the man

I hold the rocket, stop the hand in my pocket

200 a pair, but I'm addicted to the gear

They make me do things on the court to amaze ya

I heard they made 'em for a buck eight in Asia

They came a long way baby since Clyde Frazier had Puma's

Pullin' mad consumers

Them Fila's I'm feelin', but I can't touch the ceilin'

Them New Balance hits a hundred-twenty million

The last thing I need is Adidas terminatin' my contract

For wearin' those old pair of wack

Reebok low tops covered up by floppy socks

Gave me a jump shot before I got jumped and shot

Duckin' a word from my sponsor

Trying to end my year like Kwanzaa

Converses for the pro's, kids with Fila's

Reebok, Nike's, New Balance, my Adidas

And part of that clique, spendin' all the cheddar on kicks

BS in the politics

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Politics of them sneaker pimps

Been paid since the eighth grade

11th grader, huh, pop the champagne

12th grade, start the campaign

Gettin' fame, sign my name in the dotted frame

Nike got me pullin' Re's and G's

Shit, I can get shot for these

Please God, give me 20 more years in these knees

To maintain without this game, I gotta do keys

Now I don't wanna go there 'cause it's fuckin' everywhere

Factories wanna see me, kids wanna be me

Behind the wheels and endorsement deals

It's the politics and the tricks behind the kicks