Soul in the Hole movie - High Expectations lyrics

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Song by Common<br /><br>

Yo, yo, check it<br>

Unattached and calm, sundaes and pills I palm<br>

with intentions to make it to the league<br>

Intrigued by two-letter cars, SE's and GS'ses<br>

On the court niggaz I leave like messages<br>

Plagued by this ball-player exorcist<br>

It's sort of foul how the world be reffin us<br>

Kenny is our Moses in this five-on-five Exodus<br>

For the game of life, full courts ain't preppin us<br>

Schools want me, but the ghost of Manigault haunts me<br>

Plus they wanna crib me, way out in the country<br>

I'm city like street lights and some games that be fights<br>

Never worked on my left so it's hard to be right<br>

Either rich poor or Mike is who I wanna be like<br>

Story of many black males that I refuse to rewrite<br>

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Yo, brothers opinions is Bias-ed, like Len<br>

that I'll end up like Ben, Wilson, still some pretend to be friends<br>

Beneath the grin I see the ?gin spoke up and assure a?<br>

More so than my soul, my jump shot is purer<br>

People play juror, I witness the fall of legends<br>

Once was the joint now they restin got a God given present<br>

My gallant talent is like a magic<br>

trick turned by a chick with a bad habit<br>

Opportunity to move I grab it<br>

Me and my moms have static, now I wreak Hennesey and havoc<br>

Man to man talks with Kenny, send me to a zone<br>

Been on my own for so long, my vocal tone's grown<br>

Competition gets blown like speakers<br>

when I cross her like Jesus out of bleachers, broads and beepers<br>

Yeah I boogey it's all good, but it could be better<br>

Want to stay eighteen forever<br>

But now I stay on point like Rod in this Strickland<br>

If Brooklyn courts was the canvas, then I would be the big man<br>

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From thoughts that pennies bring, I assemble teams like the Kenny Kings<br>

Think fast over breaks, dialect I'm dribbling<br>

Remembering, night posters of Moses and the Supreme Court<br>

Realizing, that rap and life are team sports<br>

I follow deep thoughts<br>

Moves never perceived thought lyrical Johnny Cochran<br>

cause of the way I free thought<br>

The system make a nigga think to make it that he need sports<br>

or either to the tip he gotta resort<br>

my seed'll be taught to start his own<br>

In the, George Carter zone<br>

Don't wanna be a dope MC living in his momma's home<br>

Or speaking to my fans in a starving artist tone<br>

Unknown zones I roam with mind architechter<br>

Spark the lecture, emphasizing to let God direct ya<br>

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