Risen up in the 'veltStrong Island New YorkThe 'hood in
caseYou did not know my baseThere was a ballplayerWho has all the
skillzWit' the pillTo pay the piperPlus all the billsMack
the awesome gamePracticed in the heatIn the rain or in painMick
so quick 6 foot 6Down to be pickedBy anyone but the CelticsOh
what a handleCould score from the floorWit' people
hangin' on 'emPR even hangin' on 'emBut what
he did best above all the rest was...Grades 9 & 10Mickey Mack was
all datBut in class his assSat way in the backHow I know
'cause I knowI used to flow wit' the broHe didn't
mind I usedTo read him his own headlines'Cause he could not
read 'emHis school wouldn't need 'emIf the lines
wouldn't've went like disMickey MackJumped over the
candle stickAnd stackedWas his statsBut his D was still
wackGrades 11 & 12He found the wrong clienteleAnd allDuring
class he would dribbleIn the hallBut he got in troubleIn school
but the trouble wasIt was coolIf your brain was just another
bubbleAs long as he couldScore fiddy 2Get 33
re-boundsFuckin' aroundTeams lost to 'emHe went right
thru 'emDivision, county, stateThat's 3 count
'emChampionshipsFor a small town broThat's bound to go
proS.A.T.'s didn't matter'Cause he wazAll datYou
know the pat on the backHe was always in da newsYou gotta know
what it meansIt means revenueAnd I'm tellin' youI saw
cars and geezSome to our school please approachHell wit'
the principalWhere is da coachWent to college four
yearsWit' a scholarshipAnd came back wit' a
championshipBut when it came to his lifeHe didn't
care'Cause he took it to the airThe fall begunWhen Mickey
Mack fellHell ripped his kneeDrafted last by personnelOh how, he
loved the gameIt was fantasticUntil he was cut 'n'
couldn't stickTimes got tighter & tighterHe had an
attitudeWas rude so he turnedInto a fighterSchool wouldn't
giveHim a job that he neededAssistant to the assistant coachThey
didn't need itThe he resorted to aStick up kid - ski mask &
gattBut this game he wasn't good atAnd the drugs on the
sidePolice ambushed his rideBang it wasAnother homicideHe was
ghost you knowHometown heroBut now he's zeroTo those
hypocritesWho ripped him blindFor his skillsWithout the will to
develop his mindForever in the newsThe community viewsHim only
as air hoodlum
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