Hoop Dreamer (Poem)

Driving down the lane with fiery leaping with gust of wind following my shoes
Hanging on the rim as a hopeless defender feels the blues
I can Kobe shake and bake D-Wade spin and grin
But tell me why is all this talent wasted from one end of the rim to the next end

Thought I could shoot jumpers
Pretty floating runners
Thought academics being smart had no honor

Cause everybody told me I would make it
Had me thinking I was the greatest
So I had that me attitude
Pick me on your team or you lose
In highschool for sports not school
And I never even care when the team takes a pounding and lose

Long as that scout is in the stands
He came to see me man
He likes how I drain 3's
How I can command double teams from the D
How I have all the talent A-Z

It was all academic but I didn't get it
Every bucket I scored didn't mean I was winning
Graduation is here and the sport I loved seems senseless

The court now is in hindsight
Season is over and no college teams gave a  bite
Now its useless Jumpers, Freethrows and Dunks just to feel my appetite

Kenyetta Drain The Preacher Rapper and Singer (and oh yea the poet)