Why I Play Basketball

Why I Play Basketball

Everybody shows up for a different reason.

A potpourri of ballers

Some guys come because they're regulars

Used to seeing all the fellas on a daily basis.

Some show for the first time on a tip from a friend

Try their skills in the best pickup around to see if they can hang.

A couple NBA cats roll through when it's their off-season.

Some jokers walk through the doors lookin' for

Nothing more than a sweat.

Some guys come to drop rainbow jumpers from deep.

Some come to throw their bodies around down low

To bang with the big boys.

Some guys pull in every day because they love talkin' trash

Barbershop talk in high tops.

They have something to say when they score.

They have something to say when anybody scores.

Some guys show up because they have nothing better to do.

Some workin' day guys show up from a bad day of work

And play until they get the sour taste out of their mouths.

Some guys come to dunk on somebody and hype up all the

Loud mouths on the sideline even more with a rim-rockin' two-hand bash.

Some feel like they're part of something, like a book club or a church.

Some guys roll in because they are addicted to competition

Got to beat somebody in something to be happy.

I show up cause the game is my life and it's the only place I get respect.