The Love

[Verse 1: Jason Chu]
I never flew out on no Concord
No flu games, no encore
Sixteen in the suburbs, my life was more like real bored
Loner into hip-hop, I found friends on message boards
No Flight Club near my home
I hit New York to buy Air Force Ones with the gum bottoms
I wore 'em home, the only one in my school who got them
Went to rap show, new homies askin'
Where did you cop them?
I felt so lucky, dunks on feet before the Jeremy Scotts
Pigeons put wings on me
The crew, we grew to 10 deep, all dressed in 10 Deep
Savin' checks for ten weeks so I could check feet
Couldn’t sleep when the Tiffanies dropped
One to rock, one pair Deadstock
Line that stretched around the block
They called the cops but still we copped
Over there, Chinese kids put blood and sweat and tears in it
Just so over here a Chinese kid could sweat and bleed for it
But still I rock those III’s at least once or twice a week
'Cause the memories I got are often tied around my feet

[Chorus: Fuzzy]
Don’t want hate around me
You just don’t speak my tongue
When my heart is hungry, I do it for the love
For the love
I don’t wanna lose my soul, please don’t stop
Pumpin' in my veins when I take those shots
I do it for the love, for the love

[Verse 2: Jason Chu]
The logos in those boxes had us thinkin' out the box
Copped 1 2 3 4 5 bills 'cause that 6 Rings wasn’t hot
It was never about stuntin', we love the culture most
Resellers get cuts for the new drops
They buy shoes but can't sell soul
And this is not product, it’s culture, those Jordan 8 Aquas
Like agua that thirst was to be proper
Just cop some, just do it, that swoosh loosened tongues
Opened doors, talked to new girls
Made new homies NikeTalk
And the kick shop was our other home
We kicked game and copped clothes
Learned there, lived there, we planted up, we got grown
My teachers always told me I should shoot for the sky
Between you and I, we believed
Those kicks could make us fly

[Chorus: Fuzzy]
Don’t want hate around me
You just don’t speak my tongue
When my heart is hungry, I do it for the love
For the love
I don’t wanna lose my soul, please don’t stop
Pumpin' in my veins when I take those shots
I do it for the love, for the love

[Verse 3: Jason Chu]
They see the hype, the swoosh, the knit, the boost
The ads, the shootings, and they think that it’s just shoes
Then they wonder why these kids
Drop four bills on their new boots
Keep sweatshops in business while corporate recoups
But we know the secret Supreme heads in Visvim
Since Lo Lifes to RUN-D.M.C. rockin' Adidas
Profit designed it but that’s just the basics
The culture, the love here, we’re the ones that made this