They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball Basketball is my favorite sport I like the way they dribble up and down the court Just like I'm the king of the microphone So is Dr. J and Moses Malone I like slam dunks and taking it to the hole My favorite play is the alley-oop I like to pick and roll, I like to give and go Cause it's basketball, a Mr. Curtis clone They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball I used to go to dinner, they'd take the girl to see Tiny play against Earl Pearl And Will Bingo and Jerry West Play basketball at it's very best Basketball has always been my thing I like Magic Bird and Bernard King And number 33, my man Kareem Is the center of my stolen team Ha, ha, ha Ha, ho T-Bone, y'all Watch out, watch out, in your face here, yes Clyde, Rick Barry and Pistol Pete Now these players could never beat me Isaiah and Iceman too Just give him the ball and then you talk up too Tatley and Wiggins are on the scene And Ralph Simpson is really mean Bill Russell didn't take no junk And Dale Dawkins got a monster dunk Uh, ha, ha, ha To the hoop, y'all, yes Ha, ho, here I go, face Watch me dip, dip, dip, suck Can't check me, man, jump Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha Get on down Oh, yeah, I like this basketball, yeah Now here I go, in your face, swish Oh, yeah To the hoop, to the hoop, y'all It's basketball Tell me, were you in the jump The night we'll score a hundred points Or when Celtics won titles back-to-back And didn't give nobody no kind of slack Or when Dr. J shook the whole damn team And moved that game right out of a dream Or when Willis Reed stood so tall Playing D with Isaiah It's basketball They're playing basketball To the hoop, y'all We love that basketball Yeah, yeah, girl They're playing basketball Oh, yeah We love that basketball To the hoop, to the hoop, to the hoop, y'all They're playing basketball Shoot the bill We love that basketball Baseline, slam dunk They're playing basketball D-up, D-up, D-up, D-up We love that basketball Oh, yeah I get my ball, and then I go and play Like the superstar in the NBA The forwards, the centers, and all the guards The ones you see on the bubblegum guards Me and homeboy would go one-on-one Cause playing the game is a lot of fun Sit by the TV and watch them all Cause Curtis Blow is reppin' basketball Man, did you see that boy Pearl the other night take that thing up in Ewan's face? He's bad, but I like Michael Jordan, man He's bad Oh, do y'all remember the old days, though? The whole days of the record with Dr. J? He used to shake the whole team, boy I know, man He used to do it, though He used to burn them, he used to burn them I saw him burn Tazzy Russell one night, man Oh, he's embarrassing Hey, y'all seen Bernard King, man? Oh, Bernard King is my man, I like the Knicks The Knicks play ball, man Oh, they can play ball But Bill Russell was the man Oh, but Will, you should take a man, Will Oh, man, when Russell had the championship, man He looked at them points That's the only thing I ever had I don't know, man I don't know about that Check this, man They're playin' basketball The ball, y'all We love that basketball The pill, the pill, the pill They're playin' basketball D-up, D-up We love that basketball Oh, yeah, to the hoop They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball We love that basketball They're playin' basketball