I was 14 and losing ground
In a black top of a town
No one wins and no one's leaving My dad said,
son,
you finish school
Because this world can be so cruel I said,
you too,
and kept on dreaming
I'm nothing like you,
nothing like you Why don't you know anything about me?
I swear somehow I'll make you proud
But why you wanna always go and doubt me?
Story of my life in 1995 A hero in Chicago,
a legend in my mind
A million lonely nights, a million times I tried
To jump like Michael Jordan But never quite as high,
high,
high
When I was 19 I ran so far They couldn't catch me on the yard
I traveled unfamiliar places My dad said,
son,
just come back home
You won't survive out on your own
You're on a fast break running aimless
But I'm nothing like you,
nothing like you Why don't you believe I have the answers?
I swear somehow I'll make you proud
But why can't you just let me take my chances
Now?
Story of my life in 1995 A hero in Chicago,
a legend in my mind
A million lonely nights,
a million times I tried To jump like Michael Jordan
But never quite as high I'm 49, the game is mine
And every night is overtime I beat the odds and I'm still playing
My dad has passed,
he's been long gone I wish he'd met my teenage son
It's been harder than I thought to raise him I'm just like you,
so much like you
Silent as he's jumping for a layup
But I'm so proud of him, so proud
But just like you I'm still too scared to say it
So I'll say it now
A hero in Chicago,
a legend in our minds A million lonely nights,
a million times we tried To jump like
Michael Jordan But never quite as high,
high
Jump like Michael Jordan
I hope you'll reach the sky I hope you'll reach the sky
I hope you'll reach the sky