Mr.Cali - Wing$

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:01.08]I was seven years old, when I got my first pair [00:05.83]And I stepped outside [00:07.89]And I was like, Momma, this air bubble right here, it's gonna make me fly [00:14.25]I hit that court, and when I jumped, I jumped, I swear I got so high [00:20.86]I touched the net, Mom I touched the net, this is the best day of my life [00:27.11]Air Maxes were next [00:29.17]That air bubble, that mesh [00:30.97]The box, the smell, the stuffin, the tread, in school [00:34.71]I was so cool [00:35.96]I knew that I couldn't crease 'em [00:37.59]My friends couldn't afford 'em [00:39.09]Four stripes on their Adidas [00:40.64]On the court I wasn't the best, but my kicks were like the pros [00:44.02]Yo, I stick out my tongue so everyone could see that logo [00:47.52]Nike Air Flight, but bad was so ** [00:50.44]And then my friend Carlos' brother got murdered for his fours, whoa [00:56.37]See he just wanted a jump shot, but they wanted a Starter coat though [01:00.43]Didn't wanna get caught, from Genesee Park to Othello [01:03.61]You'd get clowned for those Pro Wings, with the velcro [01:06.29]Those were not tight [01:07.16]I was trying to fly without leaving the ground, cause I wanted to be like Mike, right [01:12.60]Wanted to be him [01:13.84]I wanted to be that guy, I wanted to touch the rim [01:17.21]I wanted to be cool, and I wanted to fit in [01:20.27]I wanted what he had, America, it begins [01:24.01]I want to fly [01:25.70]Can you take me far away [01:30.69]Give me a star to reach for [01:33.12]Tell me what it takes [01:35.25]And I'll go so high [01:37.62]I'll go so high [01:39.24]My feet won't touch the ground [01:41.86]Stitch my wings [01:43.49]And pull the strings [01:45.10]I bought these dreams [01:47.35]That all fall down [01:49.85]We want what we can't have, commodity makes us want it [01:53.34]So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it [01:56.22]Got to show 'em, so exclusive, this that new s**t [01:59.71]A hundred dollars for a pair of shoes I would never hoop in [02:03.20]Look at me, look at me, I'm a cool kid [02:06.26]I'm an individual, yea, but I'm part of a movement [02:09.38]My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it [02:12.37]They told me to just do it, I listened to what that swoosh said [02:15.30]Look at what that swoosh did [02:17.62]See it consumed my thoughts [02:19.55]Are you stupid, don't crease 'em, just leave 'em in that box [02:22.43]Strangled by these laces, laces I can barely talk [02:25.41]That's my air bubble and I'm lost, if it pops [02:29.03]We are what we wear, we wear what we are [02:31.47]But see I look inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all [02:35.21]Will I stand for change, or stay in my box [02:38.02]These Nikes help me define me, and I'm trying to take mine, off [02:45.76]Yeah, Cali is my name, and my pride [02:52.43]And then i looked down, i saw the skies [02:57.17]Smiling at me, pulling my strings and stitching my wings [03:04.35]It makes me fly, so freaking high [03:10.40]So i believe in everything in myself [03:13.90]Cuz this is my wings [03:18.29]And i gotta keep it going [03:34.63]I want to fly [03:36.76]Can you take me far away [03:41.56]Give me a star to reach for [03:43.87]Tell me what it takes [03:46.12]And I'll go so high [03:48.42]I'll go so high [03:50.05]My feet won't touch the ground [03:52.60]Stitch my wings [03:54.23]And pull the strings [03:55.85]I bought these dreams [03:58.22]That all fall down [04:13.44]They started out, with what I wear to school [04:16.13]That first day, like these are what make you cool [04:19.56]And this pair, this would be my parachute [04:21.87]So much more than just a pair of shoes [04:24.87]Nah, this is what I am [04:26.80]What I wore, this is the source of my youth [04:29.17]This dream that they sold to you [04:32.11]For a hundred dollars and some change [04:33.91]Consumption is in the veins [04:35.22]And now I see it's just another pair of shoes