Air Hoodlum Lyrics by Public Enemy

Air Hoodlum Lyrics

    Ridenhour - gary g-wiz - dr. treble - mr. bass

    Risen up in the 'velt
    Strong island new york
    The 'hood in case
    You did not know my base
    There was a ballplayer
    Who has all the skillz
    Wit' the pill
    To pay the piper
    Plus all the bills
    Mack the awesome game
    Practiced in the heat
    In the rain or in pain
    Mick so quick 6 foot 6
    Down to be picked
    By anyone but the celtics
    Oh what a handle
    Could score from the floor
    Wit' people hangin' on 'em
    Pr even hangin' on 'em
    But what he did best above all the rest was...

    Grades 9 & 10
    Mickey mack was all dat
    But in class his ass
    Sat way in the back
    How i know 'cause i know
    I used to flow wit' the bro
    He didn't mind i used
    To read him his own headlines
    'cause he could not read 'em
    His school wouldn't need 'em
    If the lines wouldn't've went like dis
    Mickey mack
    Jumped over the candle stick
    And stacked
    Was his stats
    But his d was still wack
    Grades 11 & 12
    He found the wrong clientele
    And all

    During class he would dribble
    In the hall
    But he got in trouble
    In school but the trouble was
    It was cool
    If your brain was just another bubble
    As long as he could
    Score fiddy 2
    Get 33 re-bounds
    Fuckin' around
    Teams lost to 'em
    He went right thru 'em
    Division, county, state
    That's 3 count 'em
    Championships
    For a small town bro
    That's bound to go pro

    S.a.t.'s didn't matter
    'cause he waz
    All dat
    You know the pat on the back
    He was always in da news
    You gotta know what it means
    It means revenue
    And i'm tellin' you
    I saw cars and geez
    Some to our school please approach
    Hell wit' the principal
    Where is da coach
    Went to college four years
    Wit' a scholarship
    And came back wit' a championship
    But when it came to his life
    He didn't care
    'cause he took it to the air

    The fall begun
    When mickey mack fell
    Hell ripped his knee
    Drafted last by personnel
    Oh how, he loved the game
    It was fantastic
    Until he was cut 'n' couldn't stick
    Times got tighter & tighter
    He had an attitude
    Was rude so he turned
    Into a fighter

    School wouldn't give
    Him a job that he needed
    Assistant to the assistant coach
    They didn't need it
    The he resorted to a
    Stick up kid - ski mask & gatt
    But this game he wasn't good at
    And the drugs on the side
    Police ambushed his ride
    Bang it was
    Another homicide
    He was ghost you know
    Hometown hero
    But now he's zero
    To those hypocrites
    Who ripped him blind
    For his skills
    Without the will to develop his mind
    Forever in the news
    The community views
    Him only as air hoodlum

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