Public Enemy - Politics Of The Sneaker Pimps

[00:00.20] "Jesus is the best thing to happen [00:01.72] To the game since the tennis shoe was invented" [00:04.75] [00:09.03] On the outs I lace up, the world I face up [00:11.91] To score on anybody, it's war on everybody [00:14.33] The new guys come in bloodshot between the eyes [00:17.05] As long as they sellin' that merchandise [00:19.40] Air One, what goes in, don't come back [00:22.03] The color might be green, but it's also black [00:24.52] And red I know many heads that spent bloodshed [00:27.15] Cursed in Converses, dead in Pro Ked's [00:30.03] Now every Tom, Dick, Harry, or Joe Smith [00:32.27] Skip the Spaulding's, Pony's, and K-Swiss [00:34.91] High school and college coaches [00:36.79] Gettin' dollars with kickbacks and scholarships, them slave ships [00:40.06] Converses for the pro's, kids with Fila's [00:42.79] Reebok, Nike's, New Balance, my Adidas [00:45.30] And part of that clique, spendin' all the cheddar on kicks [00:48.45] BS in the politics [00:50.34] Politics of them sneaker pimps [00:52.84] Politics of them sneaker pimps [00:55.34] Politics of them sneaker pimps [00:57.94] Politics of them sneaker pimps [01:00.49] Hey, Dr. J, where you got those moves? [01:03.24] Was it gettin' high in the school? Can it be the shoes? [01:06.21] Truth is truth, I tear the fuckin' roof off the house [01:09.17] Expose them foes with my mouth [01:11.22] I see corporate hands up in foreign lands [01:13.63] With the man behind the man gettin' paid behind the man [01:16.45] I hold the rocket, stop the hand in my pocket [01:18.77] 200 a pair, but I'm addicted to the gear [01:21.58] They make me do things on the court to amaze ya [01:23.89] I heard they made 'em for a buck eight in Asia [01:26.48] They came a long way baby since Clyde Frazier had Puma's [01:30.03] Pullin' mad consumers [01:31.62] Them Fila's I'm feelin', but I can't touch the ceilin' [01:34.28] Them New Balance hits a hundred-twenty million [01:36.98] The last thing I need is Adidas terminatin' my contract [01:40.20] For wearin' those old pair of wack [01:41.91] Reebok low tops covered up by floppy socks [01:44.56] Gave me a jump shot before I got jumped and shot [01:47.13] Duckin' a word from my sponsor [01:49.47] Trying to end my year like Kwanzaa [01:51.72] Converses for the pro's, kids with Fila's [01:54.56] Reebok, Nike's, New Balance, my Adidas [01:57.16] And part of that clique, spendin' all the cheddar on kicks [02:00.39] BS in the politics [02:02.48] Politics of them sneaker pimps [02:05.07] Politics of them sneaker pimps [02:07.58] Politics of them sneaker pimps [02:10.06] Politics of them sneaker pimps [02:12.82] Been paid since the eighth grade [02:15.21] 11th grader, huh, pop the champagne [02:18.25] 12th grade, start the campaign [02:20.35] Gettin' fame, sign my name in the dotted frame [02:23.19] Nike got me pullin' Re's and G's [02:25.55] Shit, I can get shot for these [02:28.19] Please God, give me 20 more years in these knees [02:31.02] To maintain without this game, I gotta do keys [02:33.69] Now I don't wanna go there 'cause it's fuckin' everywhere [02:36.14] Factories wanna see me, kids wanna be me [02:38.58] Behind the wheels and endorsement deals [02:41.05] It's the politics and the tricks behind the kicks [02:46.43]