"Me and My Sneakers" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, which surfaced online in 2008. His version was featured in the documentary film, Sneakerheadz (2015).[1]
Canadian DJ and record producer A-Trak did a remix of the record, released as "Catch Up" from the 2008 mixtape, Running Man: Nike+ Original Run, as part of the fourth installment of the Nike+ Original Run series.[2] It features vocals from Kid Cudi and was preceded by the mixtape's lead single, "Say Whoa". Pitchfork wrote in their review of the record, "There's a leaked snippet with Lupe Fiasco on the track, but apparently Lupe couldn't be cleared, which perhaps explains why a guy you've probably never heard of says he misses the days when he could walk around in public."[3]
Lyrics[]
[Hook]
My sneakers more cleaner than yours, more meaner, more cleaner than yours
I got it mastered (Mastered)
And my car go faster
85 an hour I'm about to take them backwards
My sneakers more cleaner than yours, more meaner, more cleaner than yours
I got it mastered (Mastered)
And my car go faster
85 an hour I'm about to take them backwards
[Verse 1]
Yea, now that's back to the essence
The freshest, prince is in your presence
The uniform on backwards
The F-N-F will F 'em
It's a laster, went to a thrower from a crasher
(Ooh), Now while that's flowing right passed ya
Let me take a second to add up all the factors
A-Trak on the track, and Lupe is the rapper
Man about town, proud member of Swagger
Supreme world attention getting, glisten
Ever resistant to anything non-pimping or wacker
I'm much flyer, United, I'm NASA
I'm much higher, not a puffer I'm a passer
Not a rusher or a tackler
I ain't gotta cuffer or a tagger
Like I'm a graffer, or rhasta
I grinds, I should make the cover of Thrasher
Chilling with the cover of King (Ya I-I-I'm mean)
[Hook]
My sneakers more cleaner than yours, more meaner, more cleaner than yours
I got it mastered (Mastered)
And my car go faster
85 an hour I'm about to take them backwards
My sneakers more cleaner than yours, more meaner, more cleaner than yours
I got it mastered (Mastered)
And my car go faster
85 an hour I'm about to take them backwards
[Bridge]
Take a second, you need to breathe
Give me a minute, I need to breathe
Excuse me man, I can't see
'Cause you in my way
Take a second, you need to breathe
Give me a minute, I need to breathe
Excuse me man, I can't see
'Cause you in my way
[Verse 2]
So I'm on it like I own it
It sounds like it don't it, I do
And do to the fact that I'm up on it, they opponent
But they don't want to turn the flyness, into bird flu
And serve you a nice pot of bird stew
I'm breaking down my bread like I'm making bird food
And I'll be in the stu', like I'm a bird too
But I just fly, like a bird do
I doo-doo on the birds, man, I'm high enough to dew
Though, I'm sitting on the wires and admiring the view
I can still relate to the tires and the shoes
Dropping shows for their soles/souls
Patches for their innertubes
And I run flat while you're running your trap
I come through, take your cheddar, take your feather, take your blue
Then leave behind a letter, I'm addressing it to you
You need to build it better for the veterans, salute cause
[Hook]
My sneakers more cleaner than yours, more meaner, more cleaner than yours
I got it mastered (Mastered)
And my car go faster
85 an hour I'm about to take them backwards
My sneakers more cleaner than yours, more meaner, more cleaner than yours
I got it mastered (Mastered)
And my car go faster
85 an hour I'm about to take them backwards
[Bridge]
Take a second, you need to breathe
Give me a minute, I need to breathe
Excuse me man, I can't see
'Cause you in my way
Take a second, you need to breathe
Give me a minute, I need to breathe
Excuse me man, I can't see
'Cause you in my way
References[]
- ↑ "Sneakerheadz (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - Sneakers, Fashion". YouTube. July 18, 2022.
- ↑ "Nike+ x A-Trak "Running Man"". Hypebeast. July 2, 2008.
- ↑ Howe, Brian (July 2, 2008). "Running Man: Nike+ Original Run". Pitchfork.