Hoop Dreams in a Hooptie

Yo, sun dips low, another brick I lay

Driveway stained, where dreams decay

Remember pops, said I’d ball someday

Now I just ball up, bills won’t pay

Empty court, echoes loud

Another missed shot, lost in the crowd

Hoop dreams, yeah, hoop dreams

Faded in the rearview, hoop dreams

This old ride, just me it seems

Hoop dreams, yeah, hoop dreams

Got that leather sphere, worn down to the seams

Like my aspirations, ghostly beams

Headlights cut through fog, silent screams

This bucket a coffin, ain't what it seems

Remember the roar, the buzzer beatin'

Now just the engine, steady deceivin'

Used to soar, now concrete bleedin'

Left my soul out, on the blacktop leavin'

Hoop dreams, yeah, hoop dreams

Faded in the rearview, hoop dreams

This old ride, just me it seems

Hoop dreams, yeah, hoop dreams