Chours:nThey're playing Basketball,nWe love that Basketball,nThey're playing Basketball,nWe love that Basketballnn(Now rapping Basketball, Number 1, Kurtis Blow)nBasketball is my favorite sport,nI like the way they dribble up and down the court,nJust like I'm the King on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone,nI like Slam-dunks, take me to the hoop,nMy favorite play is the alley-oop,nI like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go,nCause it's Basketball, uh, Mister Kurtis Blow,nnChoursnnI used to go to dinner, and then take the girl,nTo see Tiny play against Earl The Pearl,nAnd Wilt, Big O, and Jerry West,nTo play Basketball at it's very best,nBasketball has always been my thing,nI like Magic, Bird, and Bernard King,nAnd number 33, my man Kareem,nIs the center on my starting team,nn(To the hoop, ya'll, Watch out, Watch outn In yo' face, now here comes the rest)nnClyde, Rick Barry, and Pistol Pete,nNow these players, could never be beat,nIsiah, and Iceman too,nJust give 'em the ball, and then you talk up too,nDantley and Wilkins are on the scene,nAnd Ralph Sampson is really mean,nBill Russell didn't take no junk,nand Darryl Dawkins got a monster dunk,nTell me, were you in the joint?,nThe night Wilt scored 100 points,nOr when Celtics won titles back-to-back,nAnd didn't give nobody, no kind of slack,nOr when Dr. J shook the whole damn team,nWith moves that came right out of a dream,nOr when, Willis Reed stood so tall,nPlaying D with desire, it's Basketball,nnChorus