Clean Nikes Letra

"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 ressurection 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 fucking 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 fucking 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 fucking 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 surpass 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 shit 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 fucking clean 'em



toothbrush and everything



now I'm just mean to 'em



now I'm just mean to 'em







(The Grouch)



Fuck 'em..



up in this.. creek..







scratched in background



(and I talkin 'bout sneakers neither..)