Jesus is the best thing that happened 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 blood shot between the eyes   As long as their sellin' that merchandise      And one what goes in, don't come back   The color may be green but it's also black   And red I know many heads that spent bloodshed   Cursed in converses, dead in Pro Keds      Now every Tom, Dick, Harry or Joe Smith   Skip the spauldings, pony's, and K-Swiss   High school and college coaches gettin'   Kickbacks from scholarships and them slave ships      Converses for the pros, kids with Filas   Reebok, Nikes, New Balance my Adidas   Ain't part of that clique, spendin' all the chits on kicks   PS 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 schools, 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'll make me do things on the court to amaze ya   I heard they make 'em for a buck 8 in Asia   They came a long way baby since   Clyde Frazier had Pumas, pullin' mad consumers      Them Filas I'm feelin' but I cant touch the ceiling   Them New Balance hits 120 million   The last thing I need is Adidas terminatin' my contract   For wearing 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 Kwaanza      Converses for the pros, kids with Filas   Reebok, Nikes, New Balance my Adidas   Ain't part of that clique, spendin' all the chits on kicks   PS 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 8th grade   11th grader, 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      And I don't wanna go there because 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