Playing A Little Basketball

Chorus:	Playing a little basketball, basketball		X4

Playing a little basketball one day
When around the way
I met a kid named B.J.
He said "Hey
Wanna Play?"
I said "Today's
The day
To play."
So I shot the three
Missed it then grabbed the re-
Bound
Threw it down
Never heard the sound
Of the clock violatin'
Cause I was perpetratin'
Penetratin'
With my drives
I came to win, not just to survive
B.J. told me to kick a rap so
I started off with "Turn on the stereo
Kick up the Bass"
Then I shot in his face
Jumper was smooth as lace
And discovery school yard was the place
But B.J. was good too
Made a couple threes and a couple twos
So it was tied when I had to leave
Before I left I retrieved
His number to play
Some day 
Again
Then
I jumped and grabbed the tin
Of the rim
Hung for a second
Then left and
Said "later B"
That was the beginning of the multicultural team

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I got home from school the next day
And decided to ring up B.J. 
To go play
Some ball down at UHS
In no time at all we became the best
Pair of ballers in the school
It was cool
Our opponents drooled
Over the tools 
That we used
As we abused
Fools
On the court
Me and my cohort
Made the games short
That's when
We decided to play with the college men
That's when 
I picked up the nickname Baby Bird
Cause people heard
That I played like Larry Bird
Taking people to school was easy
It pleased me
To see me
And B.
J. make threes
Our opponents fell to their knees 
And begged us "Please,
Don't do this to me!"
Those days were easy
I dunked so quickly
You couldn't see me
I'd get free
On the break and pull up for three
People gave me
High fives cause we
Always won easily
Then we
Would go home, take a shower, and go to sleep
And we did that 7 days a week

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But today the game is different
You have to more than just physically gifted
You gotta know the game
Gotta claim
Every board as your own
Grab every rebound that comes down in your zone
Gotta think
Eat and drink 
The game
Otherwise no one will know your name
Gotta have court vision
And envision
What's gonna happen
Next
Have to pass every test
Every possession's a war
Never knowing what's in store
Sometimes you have to score
Sometimes you have to pass
Sometimes you have to go fast
Sometimes you have to slow down
Sometimes you pull up and sometimes you throw down
Gotta play hard to win
Gotta play smart to win
So begin
To work on your game and work on your mind
Work on your jays and work on your dimes
When you're done just chill to my rhymes
I'm done for today
But tomorrow's another day
That I'll be...

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