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They're Just Shoes

November 15, 2012
By hypebeast301 BRONZE, Garner, North Carolina
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My Air Jordan’s cost a hundred and sixty with tax
My suede varsity jacket says Bulls on the back,
Nobody stylin’ like me just spitting some facts
But how many of yall really care about that?
Nah, what am I saying yall really must care
Because the time in which I said that you was checking my gear
Now I’m not here to talk about the clothes I’m acquiring
I’m here to talk about the tired trends and attitudes transpiring
Everybody’s a critic when it comes to what’s in and out
But does the clothes really say what you’re about?
Does it embody or manifest your personal being?
Or is it about who in what is being seen?
See, Phil Knight and Jordan know what the kids like
They know that most of yall just fall for the hype
Be honest bro, does the soles really make you jump like mike?
Can you rise above the hype and break away from the tools?
Or remain the blind sheep following fools
I mean at the end of the day bro, they’re just shoes

© Elizabeth C., Spartanburg, SC

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