I was three six seven eighteen with [unverified] on the wisdom Hail to the moon, just Kunta Kinte That means I'm gifted the get-go Mom's you let go, mad thanks for raising me right, bro'
You gave me confidence to stop the Didn't live in Bel Air like the Prince Times are hard, times are Didn't have 'Toys R Us' toys, but I had love Plus the guidance from
To go to the park, push and shove Maybe for a dunk like you told me Then there were a few times dad had to scold me Prayed for my safety, I know how you was Didn't want me wheeling and get to dealing
Remember when you asked me one day Who I be like, I said, Dr J Then you said, good, now you go Take the damn ball and it through the hole
Mom cracked a smile, daddy gave a I said to myself, I let them down So way, I'm coming in for a landing And nothing's gonna stop me from being
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Now let's to the time when I was fifteen is in the house, no, Shaq is on the scene Now my name's in papers, girls the vapors Kids look up to me a skyscraper
Now, a role model, I mean a figure Then I ask myself, can I get any My dream is coming through, but through slowly Then I what mom and dad told me
this, son, do all the runs Shoot your gift like a gun and never forget where you from You're young, gifted and If can't say, Shaquille O'Neal then make 'em scream, Shaq
Like the do, in the stands who I freak the funk on a dunk they, ahh ooh From high school to college, they me enough knowledge Make gift and now it's time for me to fulfill my dream
To be in the [unverified] like make the backboards shatter Fans Even make the other [unverified] get
me, who can it be? The master of disaster, seven three Brother, ain't no other in the I'm from my mother but I'm God's creation
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now I'm outstanding, wave your hands and pump your fist When I'm on the court you know it's swish 'Cause some things that I gotta' do up the ankle, pump up my Shaq-shoe
And now it's time to care of business To run up the court with Nick and Scott, but I won't stop, keep striving until I reach the top Gonna' a peek over the mountain, I flow like a fountain
Peace, I go and I'm out and But before I go, your hands Peace to all my family, and fam I'm