The Grouch - Clean Nikes lyrics

(in background) "you're tryin to cover up the holes in your sneakers.." x 2 [The Grouch] When you first get it it's shining and sparkling You hold it high like a trophy and start targeting What you goin to use it on Where does it belong and for how long You can barely sleep and when you wake you hope it isn't gone (gone..gone..gone..) For it's still livin At the very least you're given energy and a lot of it, you're drivin You wrap it in a ribbon And you look at it all day You hook it up in a way That with it you can play Regardless of anything else it isn't yourself Seen in a reflection it's a super-clean resurrection of you're better half Measure that and multiply it Hope to buy it and treat it as good as how much you think you need it I bet later you won't feed it like my puppy And leave it in the gutter for some other to think he's lucky But of course you broke it Cause you had no patience with it Probably didn't deserve it in this life time but you lift it Now what do you know now? Can you recall and recognize how it goes down when it does? (does..does..does..) Chorus: [The Grouch] How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? And scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to f**ing clean 'em Toothbrush and everything now I'm just mean to 'em How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? And scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to f**ing clean 'em Toothbrush and everything now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em [The Grouch] Seen so many waste away what they had, it makes me mad But they never know 'till it's too late to appreciate and be glad Seems like the ones with nothing are the ones who put in work And use what they have to get where they're going and showing the jerks Leaving them wishin they would have thought of that or just said it Had it embedded in their minds now they regret it Let it sink in and get to thinking 'bout what you got How you can freak it or treat it right so you don't experience a loss later Whether it's a cross-fader, girlfriend or a thought When you're mind is in a whirl-wind you better remember to stop And smell the roses between dosing Cause for every breath you take upon this planet you're one of the chosen Chorus: [The Grouch] How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? And scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to f**ing clean 'em Toothbrush and everything but now I'm just mean to 'em [The Grouch] At what point was this ok? I gotta ask myself (self) Let me retrace my steps will I surpa** myself? or am I destined to be lazy? because honestly, lately, I really just don't amaze me it drives me crazy 'cause I'm searchin constantly getting sh** then throwing it away thinking I'm workin really I know the answers but they hurtin Covering curtains over my problems so they worsen Drinkin and cursin invades my person it becomes urgent sometimes I can't live it but I can word it and that's my therapy so dear to me and I know this But often it's too hard to keep my focus Chorus: [The Grouch] How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? And scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to f**ing clean 'em Toothbrush and everything now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em (The Grouch) f** 'em.. Up in this.. creek.. Scratched in background (and I talkin 'bout sneakers neither..)