Flight 2.0 Lyrics

I remember the first pair that I seen up close

On the foot of a local hustler who would be on post

Right by the bodega on Ogontz and Chelten ave

Turned the heads of everybody who happened to walk past,

A hundred bucks or more but it was worth it

Cause that kind of attention justified a purchase

As you know I was an only child

Any thing I ever wanted was copped, momma would hold me down..

But when I asked for the Jordan's

She didn't say she couldn't afford them

She told me they weren't important

Cause Dude makes a fortune

And targets minorities who

Kill each other for them

I thought that was a little bit harsh

She ain't know what it was like on the yard

Getting no love for something you had no control of

Making up for that everyday as a grown up

She said it's unimportant to front

When you get a job, buy all the Jordan's you want…

Yup

So that's just what I did

And now they can't fit in my closet

But I take flight

Mom I know it just ain't right

I wish I could just take flight

The bills past due gotta put something down on the lights

But ya boy wanna take flight

The envy and stares, the attention

That's what I like

And that's why I wanna take flight

40 years old and I still wanna be like Mike

I wish I could just take flight

(Tina Estes)

Sometimes I dream

That he is me

You've got to see that's how I dream to be

I dream I move, I dream I groove

Like Mike

If I could Be Like Mike

They said Mike said Republicans buy sneakers too

Lebron took his fortune and built the Promise school

When they ask who's the GOAT it ain't hard to tell who

But I just wish Bron made cooler shoes, dude

I read a quote that says nostalgia's undefeated

And we must know our history or be doomed to repeat it

Believe it

I just spent two hundred bucks on this

Just to be like homey you ain't up on this

Proud hypocrite l don't regret it…

I guess if you could help it, it probably wouldn't be described as a fetish

The alarms I be setting, Saturdays at six fifty nine

Just to hop inside a virtual line

Pay ridiculous amounts for a simple design

Just cause they told me itd be there for a limited time

It's in the front of my mind

Did he really say "eff them kids"

And would it change my opinion it did?

Well

I'm afraid that it's not that simple

My accessories grew to a global status symbols

To the point most brothers got a box of dunks

They keep on ice, haven't even rocked em once

Slip my self esteem on one foot at time

Just to hope a stranger gimme the nod

What a life

Step on mine expect to get in a fight

All because ya boy wanna take flight

Let's Take flight

Mom I know it just ain't right

I wish I could just take flight

The bills past due gotta put something down on the lights

But ya boy wanna take flight

The envy and stares, the attention

That's what I like

And that's why I wanna take flight

40 years old and I still wanna be like Mike

I wish I could just take flight

(Tina Estes)

Sometimes I dream

That he is me

You've got to see that's how I dream to be

I dream I move, I dream I groove

Like Mike

If I could Be Like Mike