Karaoké Wing$ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

I was seven years old when I got my first pair and I stepped outside

And I was like Mama this air bubble right here it's gonna make me fly

I hit that court and when I jumped

I jumped

I swear I got so high

I touched the net

Mom I touched the net

This is the best day of my life

Air Max's were next

That air bubble, that mesh

The box, the smell

The stuffin', the trend

In school I was so cool

I knew that I couldn't crease 'em

My friends couldn't afford 'em

Four stripes on their Adidas

On the court I wasn't the best but my kicks were like the pros

Yo I stick out my tongue so everyone could see that logo

Nike Air Flight but bad was so dope

And then my friend

Carlos' brother got murdered for his Fours

Woah

See he just wanted a jump shot but they wanted his Starter coat though

Didn't wanna get caught from Genesee Park to Othello

You'd get clowned for those Pro Wings with the velcro

Those were not tight

I was tryin' to fly without leavin' the ground

'Cos I wanted to be like Mike right

Wanted to be him

I wanted to be that guy

I wanted to touch the rim

I wanted to be cool and I wanted to fit in

I wanted what he had

America

It begins

We want what we can't have

The commodity makes us want it

So expensive, damn

I just got to flaunt it

Got to show 'em

So exclusive

This that new shit

A hundred dollars for a pair of shoes

I would never hoop in

Look at me

Look at me

I'm a cool kid

I'm an individual

Yeah

But I'm part of a movement

My movement told me

Be a consumer and I consumed it

They told me to just do it

I listened to what that swoosh said

Look at what that swoosh did

See it consumed my thoughts

Are you stupid don't crease 'em

Just leave 'em in that box

Strangled by these laces

Laces I can barely talk

That's my air bubble and I'm lost if it pops

We are what we wear

We wear what we are

But see I look inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all

Will I stand for change or stay in my box

These Nikes help me define me but I'm tryin' to take mine

Off

They started out with what I wear to school

That first day

Like these are what make you cool

And this pair this would be my parachute

So much more than just a pair of shoes nah

This is what I am

What I wore

This is the source of my youth

This dream that they sold to you

For a hundred dollars and some change

Consumption is in the veins

And now I see

It's just another pair of shoes