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Basketball Jones Lyrics by Barry White, Chris Rock

Space Jam (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture)

1996

[Intro: Chris Rock]
Basketball Jones
I got a Basketball Jones
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby
Oh, oh, oh!
[Verse 1: Barry White & Chris Rock]
Jones
Hey, that's Barry White!
An obsession, a burning desire
Barry, you want some chicken?
The undeniable passion
Aw, you tryin' all that sexy stuff!
The love, of someone or some thing
Y'know you want some chicken?
Yes, he was a victim of a Basketball Jones
In fact, I was a baddest dribbler in the whole world
Then one day, his mother bought him a basketball
And I love that basketball! I took that basketball everywhere I went!
You know what? That basketball was like a basketball to me!
C'mon, you cheerleaders!
[Chorus: Barry White, Chris Rock & Cheerleaders]
Basketball Jones
I got a Basketball Jones (happily)
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Wait a minute, y'all not En Vogue!
Where the hell is En Vogue?
I got a Basketball Jones
Somebody told me En Vogue was gonna be here
I guess y'all'll do (Yeah)
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
So what y'all doin' after the game? C'mon!
[Verse 2: Barry White & Chris Rock]
His basketball was like a member of his own family
In fact, better looking than my brother Tony
Didn't owe me money, and didn't piss in a bed!
And after the game, I always took a shower wit' my basketball
Every now and then, the basketball gonna pinch my butt
But I didn't mind, cause my and my basketball had good, clean fun
See I am a victim of a Basketball Jones, I'll take my basketball everywhere
I'll even put my basketball under the pillow
Maybe that's why you couldn't sleep at night
[Chorus: Barry White, Chris Rock & Cheerleaders]
Basketball Jones
Sing it! Sing it!
I got a Basketball Jones
Sing it like ya wanna! (Yeah)
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Eh-eh-eh, act like Puffy's in the audience
Basketball Jones
I got a Basketball Jones (Sing it out!)
Would y'all shut up?
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh (Oh, sounds so sweet)
Barry, don't encourage 'em!
Basketball Jones
I got a Basketball Jones
They got a Basketball Jones
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
See I like to play it, I know a thing, yeah, heh-heh. What kinda Basketball Jones y'all got? (sing it out!)
Basketball Jones
I see y'all runnin' after Alonzo
I got a Basketball Jones (Yeah, yeah)
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
I see ya chasin' Penny around!
[Bridge: Cheerleaders, Chris Rock & Michael Jordan]
Hey, there's a Basketball Jones
<>Michael Jordan! Michael Jordan!
Basketball Jones's in the house
[?] the man we came out to see
Hey, there's a Basketball Jones
Michael Jordan, why don't you sing?
Basketball Jones's in the house
Sing? I don't sing, that's the other "M.J."
Hey, there's a Basketball Jones
Oh, okay, I support you
Basketball Jones's in the house
I go to all your games, and you can't sing a lil' song for a brotha!
Hey, there's a Basketball Jones
I hope you go bald! Oh, you already bald!
Basketball Jones's in the house
[Chorus: Chris Rock & Barry White]
Basketball Jones, c'mon!
I got a Basketball Jones (Tear it up, Chris)
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby (Eat it up!)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus w/ Barry White singing in background]
[Chorus: Cheerleaders & Chris Rock]
Was that Babyface?
Basketball Jones
Was that El Debarge?
I got a Basketball Jones
Th-That musta been Smokey Robinson!
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Who the hell was that? I guess that was me-e-e-e!
[Verse 3: Barry White & Chris Rock]
Baby, baby, baby, it's a craving
Basketball's a chicken!
An uncontrollable yearning
Do y'all hear Barry White? Do y'all hear Barry White?
The overwhelming emotion
To a love for someone or some thing
I love the Knicks, myself
[Chorus: Barry White, Chris Rock & Cheerleaders]
Jones
Hey, is the a basketball in the house?
Basketball Jones
Hey, is the a basketball in the house?
I got a Basketball Jones
I got a Rib Jones
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Everybody (yeah)
Basketball Jones
Pat Riley, in the house!
I got a Basketball Jones
Mitch Richmond's in the house!
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Scottie Pippen, in the house
Turn it out, without a doubt!
Basketball Jones
A Larry Johnson, in the house!
I got a Basketball Jones
David Robinson, turn it out
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Dennis Rodman, in the house
Wit' green hair, without a doubt, c'mon!
(Gotta Basketball Jones)
Basketball Jones
Eh, Michael, can your woman play?
I got a Basketball Jones
Don't get mad at me, Michael, I just asked you simple question!
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Does your woman got game?
Alright, alright, I'll leave you alone then!
Basketball Jones
You goin' tryin' to be a bully! (You go it!)
I got a Basketball Jones
Bob Costas in the house!
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Dr. J, in the house!
Bill Walton, in the house!
Cheryl Miller, in the house!
Bugs Bunny, in the house!
Elmer Fudd, in the house!
Tweety Bird, what 'cha heard?
Pass the word, Tweety Bird
Sylvester, my brotha
No othah, undercovah
Everybody plays basketball!
Basketball Jones
Mike Tyson, shoots the ball (Damn right!)
I got a Basketball Jones
Against the wall, makes it fall
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
My mama plays basketball!
Charles Barkley in the house!
Basketball Jones
Kenny Anderson, in the house!
I got a Basketball Jones
Shawn Kemp, gon' turn it out!
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Jack Nicholson, in the house!
Courtside, wit-out a doubt!
Basketball Jones
He's never gonna give it up!
I got a Basketball Jones
Never walk away!
I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oh
Spike Lee, in the house!
Yellin', without a doubt!

About “Basketball Jones” by Barry White

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