Nikehead

"And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas Lexicon! Lace up your sneakers "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas Nick Fury, lace up your sneakers "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas Lace up your sneakers Comin out your speakers Everybody's got an addiction, mine is shoes It started with my very first pair of Kangaroos And the Ellesse, made for tennis I play none of it But I owned 'em in brown and black suede But that was hardly the beginnin of my obscene spendin (nah) Savin up pennies, parental begging (what) Even now if I only got forty bills I'mma buy a sack of weed and go straight to Marshall's Cause one time at Ross I found Nike Zoom Airs Fourteen bucks (what) I bought two pair I always do dat dere so there's no need to despair If my kicks get ugly from some wear and tear I know it's sick, my addiction, I'm addicted, I admit it Like an alkie to his liquid, I ain't tryin to kick it I predicted I'm headed only downhill from here Cause my foot hasn't grown in the past five years I got old shoes, new shoes, on my closet floor In my trunk, holdin open my doors (where) Overdue shoes, borrowed from my brother yup Alternates, duplicates, hard to find colors (check it) I got four pairs of Air Force Ones high and low All in all white, one with a gum sole Buyin Air Max Runners since they first came Before wearin neon colors was a G thang Remember the first ones in pink, makin eyes blink All my clothes drab except the kicks that I drag And my top five fades all got, orange on 'em From old Air (?) to the new Airmada Lava Domes (check) Internationalist (check) And a bag of ankle socks, do you accept checks? (No not for you Mr. Fury not at Sporty L.A Your account's made of rubber find another way to pay) That's when I go on the internet To the Japanese sites, where I can't read a word of it But the pictures taunt, tell me to max out my Mastercard Deal with it later these shoes are hard Said the same thing for my Wallabees, Timberlands (shit) I even got Cortez to match my Pendletons I got a problem, and I need salvation So at this time I'm accepting donations Cash is fine, or anything in size nine But please don't send no Jordans Send 'em to someone else - I'm not the only, one on this Earth Who will buy food second but a pair of shoes first Oak's a Nikehead (yo) and my man Double-O Whose got more Air Force Ones than anyone I know I mean I even got my girl into obscure kicks If it ain't in my size then a boy size six So if you wonder why I'm broke (why) or my bank account's dead A - I'm underground, B - I'm a Nikehead "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} "And I'm a Nike head.." -] Nas {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} {*scratch* "I'm an addict for sneakers"} So when your girl gets bent cause you spent the rent "And I'm a Nike head.. and I'm a Nike head" And your dad gets mad cause it's just a fad "And I'm a Nike head.. and I'm a Nike head" And your folks complain, say they all look the same "And I'm a Nike head.. and I'm a Nike head" Well lace up your sneakers, I'm comin out your speakers "And I'm a Nike head.. and I'm a Nike head"