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A true story
lyrics
Young Latrell moved to Flint with his mom and his dad
who then got taken prisoner in your war on drugs gone mad
Over some marijuana they put another man away
Was that good for General Motors, was it any good for the USA?
PJ Carlesimo was the coach at Seton Hall
Never won a championship but PJ got the call
To try his style of leadershit on the players up in the pros
He was Caucasian by the way, the players mostly Negroes
Sprewell got tuition paid to attend the Crimson Tide
Where the athletes lived in segregation camouflaged as pride
He got a rep for defense and always working hard
Nelson drafted him after saying Why ever draft a guard?
Carlesimo in Portland for three unpleasant years
Rod Strickland and Clifford Robinson said Let me out of here
And for his mediacrisy, what be PJ’s fate?
A five-year contract to coach Golden State
A team that was imploding since unloading proud Tyrone
Acquiring Chris Webber who did not like Nellie’s tone
He asked for some changes but Nellie said Nay
Red Auerbach taught him everything, he thought he knew the way
Carlesimo was one of those coaches who must scream
Insults at grown men to mold ‘em into “his” team
He’d scowl and growl to exercise control
And he tried to make a sycophant of a man named Bimbo Coles
Losing night after losing night in a slow descent to Hell
And every day at practice Coach would denigrate Latrell
Until at last Spree could not take one more nasty crack
And he grabbed him in a headlock for a momentary payback
Then he ran off to the lockers then he stormed back on the floor
To say just like Rod Strickland I won’t play for you no more
The team all in between them, Spree swung out for effect
It was just a way of saying man Here’s your disrespect
It was just a way of telling him This is how it feels
It was just a flash of honesty. It was… real
And for this they tried to take his job forever and a day
The liberal arbitrator said No just all season without pay.
The fans all across the dial said We been had
I can’t choke my boss, the double standard makes me mad
And attorney general Lungren who was supposed to uphold the law
Misstated the facts just trying to win a few votes more.
I hear that there’s a movie out now about a mutiny led by a slave
On the good ship Amistad and Spielberg’s all How brave!
Of course that was another century and the blackmen nameless freight
not the celebrated contract-locked-up property of Golden State.
credits
released December 6, 2014
words and music by Fred Gardner
Production: Camilo Landau
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