Album: Yuk the World
A scuff on my shoe represents what I’ve been through…
It represents what I’ve been through…
OK… Listen…
The first J-Os dropped
One year before I was born
My brother had the black and reds
But his got torn
Used to watch videos of Run-DMC
They always had some fresh shells
You never see them creased
Mama said, «You can judge a man by his shoes»
That’s why I was the man of the school
Ran with a crew that knew
If their kicks wasn’t new, then they wouldn’t be cool
So when I got a pair I had to get two
So when those’d wear I had another to recruit
When my life was too uptempo
I went and copped some Nike Uptempos
My girl was telling me I was messing up my temple
«How are you into something so simple?»
I’m sorry, shoes raise my confidence
Besides, I have to impress the audience
A scuff on my shoe represents what I’ve been through
A time, a place, it’s what I’ve lived through
I’m fresher in my kicks
Fresher in my kicks, uh, fresher in my kicks
A scuff on my shoe represents what I’ve been through
A time, a place, it’s what I’ve lived through
I’m fresher in my kicks
Fresher in my kicks, uh, fresher in my kicks
(let me talk to 'em man)
For me it started in grade six
White on white K-Swiss classics
I didn’t have a lot of chips
But they matched a lot of fits
I’m fresher in my kicks
I left my Gary Payton’s unzipped
And those J-O 11s I couldn’t miss
I remember when just buying a pair was taking a risk (why's that?)
Soon as you left the mall had people eyeing your shit
Soon as I put 'em on I was feeling invincible
He had the same shoes on but still looking typical!
Growed over haters in my Nike SBs
No crease in my jeans with a 'Fresh Goods' Tee
And I’m good despite what haters think about me like
My shoes won’t tell you everything about me like
I didn’t have a rough bottom like the G-Nikes
But now I’m sitting at the top in my Air Flights
I’m a rare type stepping in my kicks
But I’m fresher in my kicks, yeah, fresher in my kicks
First day of high school, yup I was a freshman
Copped a pair of Jordan 11s I was a fresh man
Infatuation with Mike he was my best friend
Air Force Ones to Js rock nothing less than
I still rock the same Js I think they were the 8s that I copped in 8th grade
A scuff on my shoe represents what I’ve been through
Still go to the club and order shots of Ace of Spades
My fresh air my kicks, so materialistic
Y’all inferior to my kicks, so imperialistic
If you judge a man by his kicks and if you talk with him
Maybe you should try a pair of his on and walk with him
You see the scuffs on my leather?
They let you know I made it through some very hard weather
Am I wearing down? Never
But the scuffs on my shoe represents what I’ve been through
Yours are pretty clean, so what am I to think about you?
Come walk a mile in the pair I wear
Come walk a mile in the pair I wear
Come walk a mile in the pair I wear
And I’m getting better year by year
Come walk a mile in the pair I wear
And I’m getting better year by year
Come walk a mile in the pair I wear…