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Rap and Ball 3 (Shut Up and Dribble) Lyrics by Timothy Welbeck

Living Wage

2019

Hook
They want us rapping and balling
But not really talking
Just shut and dribble while they are watching with their offspring
That want us rapping and balling
But not really talking
Just shut and dribble while they are watching with their offspring
Balling and rapping we can do often
But our value is falling once we start talking
They just want us rap and balling, rapping and balling, rapping and balling
Verse 1
There are women beaters playing in the National Football League
We happen to have footage for all eyes to see
Crimes of that magnitude don’t appall the teams
As long as all y’all watch football fall weeks
Players can consume too much booze, abuse steroids
Gorge opioids, it’s construed as their choice
But if they view injustice and use their voice
The NFL will ensure that those dudes are destroyed
Look at Colin kneeling in coliseums
It cost his career, but bought with it the possibilities of freedom
What an odd spot to be in
Following your conscience’s leaning
And lose the job of which you had been dreaming
I mean how is Mark Sanchez better than Kap
Or Matt Sims a veteran you have to have
There is no bearing in fact when comparing the stats
So to explain all of this—be more clever than that
Hook
They want us rapping and balling
But not really talking
Just shut and dribble while they are watching with their offspring
That want us rapping and balling
But not really talking
Just shut and dribble while they are watching with their offspring
Balling and rapping we can do often
But our value is falling once we start talking
They just want us rap and balling, rapping and balling, rapping and balling
Verse 2
The reason black people use sports to display their skills
Is of course it’s the only even playing field
Other tracks stay filled with hurdles that racism built
So many circle the stadiums to escape if you will
Yet in still, the field of play is a gilded cage
Where millions play bound by zones that will seal their fate
Because even if by unbelievable acts and feats
These athletes pull themselves up by the straps of their cleats
The NCAA will say they are slaves
And steal the wage of those who actually compete
To get on the big TV screens
They risk CTE
And could miss all else they could ever get to be
At times their money is tight
They have hungry nights
But the university will sell their jerseys for comfy price
Because they’re fungible commodities
Functioning as property and that is all by design
Hook
They want us rapping and balling
But not really talking
Just shut and dribble while they are watching with their offspring
That want us rapping and balling
But not really talking
Just shut and dribble while they are watching with their offspring
Balling and rapping we can do often
But our value is falling once we start talking
They just want us rap and balling, rapping and balling, rapping and balling
(repeat)
Credits
Timothy Welbeck

Timothy Welbeck

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