Hoop Dreams Lyrics

[Hook]
I'm talkin' 'bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams
My nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams
Some niggas ball, some niggas shoot
When you from where I'm from, everybody wanna hoop
I'm talkin' 'bout

[Verse 1]
Dwayne Wayne to Dwyane Wade, fire on him
So hatin' niggas that ain't paid put fire on him
But he was USA Jordan, nine on him
The old heads he used to hoop with even tried to warn him
Not everbody gets those dreams
Even Ewing didn't get no ring
We see the beamers drive by and some guys won't get those keys and I
But we pray to Jesus Shuttlesworth we hit 'em threes
The dudes in his crew would move keys fast
But he passed like Steve Nash
'Til the day that he need cash
Then he has to start to say
Move dimes easy or make pennies the harder way
Like get a job today
He says that's too boring
I'm too broke to pay attention
I'm getting what I'm affording
And girls watch from the floor and recognize him from scoring
And rims on twenty-threes, now he's the new Jordan

With his

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“Hoop Dreams” is a song Vizzy dropped comparing the lifes of kids living in the hood to basketball, using a plethora of NBA references.
http://twitter.com/#!/XtotheV/status/114874487723405312

The sample for this song is a classic Kool & The Gang track: http://hulkshare.com/ns5r7j0ciycv
-Skip to 8:05 to find the sample.

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Release Date
September 15, 2011
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